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[Strongpoint]

Vladimir Putin has signed an executive order that will allow the Russian authorities to deport residents of Ukraine’s annexed territories who refuse Russian citizenship

Isn't it cute when you do war crimes openly with written public orders knowing that there will be no responsibility whatsoever?

[Superdorf]

Blergh. At this point, the man doesn't have much left to lose - he's already wanted by the ICC for, y'know, genocidal treatment of children.

[King Zultan]

Even if the ICC got a hold of Putin I doubt they'd charge him with how everyone is so afraid of making Russia mad.

[hector13]

The only way the ICC gets a hold of him is if he gets ousted and not tried and/or killed in Russia.

[MaxTheFox]

The only way the ICC gets a hold of him is if he gets ousted and not tried and/or killed in Russia.

Yeah not happening. If he gets couped by the army, he will get killed. If the opposition gets it shit together and overthrows him... he will also get killed. (I know I would decapitate him personally.) There is no possible timeline where he sees the inside of a courtroom.

[Strongpoint]

https://twitter.com/MedvedevRussiaE/status/1652288155918188545

I love Medvedev's Twitter and appreciate his outright honesty (I remember how in the year 2008 Western Media celebrated a new progressive pro-Western young Russian president )

For anyone too lazy or disgusted to visit Musk's training wreck of a site, I'll quote it here:

I see no point in maintaining diplomatic relations with Poland. This state must not exist for us while there is no one but Russophobes in power and Ukraine is full of Polish mercenaries, who should be ruthlessly exterminated like stinky rats

[bloop_bleep]

Deleted by Twitter. Too genocidal I suppose.

[Strongpoint]

Deleted by Twitter. Too genocidal I suppose.

Yep.  Quite an achievement to get that on Musk's edition of Twitter

[MorleyDev]

Yeah not happening. If he gets couped by the army, he will get killed. If the opposition gets it shit together and overthrows him... he will also get killed. (I know I would decapitate him personally.) There is no possible timeline where he sees the inside of a courtroom.

I guess he'd have to try to covertly flee Russia but be apprehended in transit or handed over by either the country he fled too? Then the choice would be to go to Hague or Russia...

Then again, in a "russian revolution" situation his options to flee are probably limited. The only country that he could be relatively certain wouldn't hand him over at that point is probably North Korea so...not like he has any good safe harbours to flee to. He has no truly 'loyalist' allies on the world stage from what I can tell, just countries whose goals can overlap with his goals or resources. Belarus is tied to Russia economically, Syria is still a power keg. China, Eritrea and North Korea are just anti-American not really pro-Russian. North Korea is the only place I can think of truly isolated enough to not hand him over. China maybe would, but they're always trying to walk a fine line that it'd complicate too much I think...

[King Zultan]

What's stop him fleeing to a third world country and hiding there, or would he probably not do that since he'd lose all his status and power?

[jipehog]

Crimea Fuel Depot on Fire, Russian-Held Towns Shelled in Ukraine
Russian Freight Train Derails After Hitting 'Explosive Device'
- tsk tsk yet all these clumsy smoking accidents

5 Russian Villages Without Power After Ukraine Shelling
- Is this is new sort of response? I keep wishing that Ukraine somehow able to create a new formula of response which would affect Russia more greatly.

Peskov Son’s Alleged Wagner Deployment Risks Backfiring for Kremlin
- more internal dissent is good.

Allegedly, Russia has a program to sabotage wind farms and communication cables in the North Sea. They utilized a fleet of disguised vessels carrying underwater surveillance equipment, mapping potential targets for sabotage should a conflict escalate.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65309687

Submarine rescue vessel SS-750 was photographed in Baltic four days before still-unexplained explosions [..] the ship is capable of carrying out such a sabotage.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/28/russian-navy-vessel-seen-near-nord-stream-pipelines-days-before-blasts

- Interesting timing for these reports.

[martinuzz]

South Africa has told Putin to not come to the BRICS meeting, because if he does they will have to arrest him and hand him over to the ICC.

[Strongpoint]

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/29/world/europe/ukraine-russia-counteroffensive.html

Nice article with a snapshot of the war on the Zaporizhzhia front

[jipehog]

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/29/world/europe/ukraine-russia-counteroffensive.html

Nice article with a snapshot of the war on the Zaporizhzhia front

Anything interesting on that front?

[bloop_bleep]

Vice News interview with Russian child minister.