Why everyone ignores Russian warcrimes? Of course, these things happen with all militaries, but usually for people who breach laws of war there are consequences in countries like US or UK. Russians, however, just pretend nothing happens and everybody leaves them alone.

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by Inevitable-Hippo6792

5 comments

  1. Yep. In Russia war crimes are driven policy from the top, and Genocide is what Putin planned and delivered- yet how few states have recognised this?

  2. Like you I’m heartbroken that the world isn’t doing enough for Ukraine even when Russia are committing atrocities on a near daily basis. However I think you’re a little misguided if you think there really consequences for those in the US and UK? OK, there are instances of outrage from time to time, and in some specific cases – usually where orders were being ignored individuals are prosecuted but war crimes committed through the chain of command? Rarely if ever prosecuted in US/UK, although UK does from time to time prosecute decades after the event as attitudes have changed.

    This seems to be especially true in US where they have refused to sign up to many of the conventions related to banned weapons in the first place, they don’t recognise the ICC and they are not even full signatories of the Geneva convention (they exclude Protocols I, II). All things they have in common with Russia. The US doesn’t even consider many things as ‘war crimes’ if they are perpetrated by their own armed forces (yet they go after others for the same actions). How many members of the US military were held accountable for the slaughter of civilians in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan and other conflicts? They have even abused concepts such as “illegal combatants” to get around laws regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.

    In truth, I think this is the primary reason that many, the US especially doesn’t challenge Russia on their war crimes because they are worried about the fingers that would be pointed back at them.

  3. The US is not the example you want to pick for a country that prosecutes its own war criminals..

  4. We don’t. They just don’t play any role in my everyday life. But in my company we just ignore any quotations from Russia, way before 2014. Even if they are way cheaper than competitors.

  5. Not saying it’s ok by any stretch but there are countless war crimes committed by every side in every war that’s just part of war.

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