Posted on 05/28/2022 10:49:13 AM PDT by Navy Patriot
Edited on 05/28/2022 10:58:43 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Top Russian officials have indicated that at least some of the Ukrainian servicemen belonging to the captured Azovstal garrison could eventually face trial in Russia.
The Office of the Prosecutor-General, a body responsible for overseeing prosecution in Russian courts, has asked the Russian Supreme Court to designate the ultranationalist Azov Battalion as a terrorist organization, potentially paving the way for the prosecution of the Azov members who surrendered to Russian forces earlier this week at the Azovstal factory in the southeastern port hub of Mariupol.
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Russian politicians and political commentators have sharply distinguished between standard Ukrainian military personnel, who may be eligible for a potential prisoner swap deal, and Azov Battalion members. The latter have been repeatedly accused by top Kremlin officials, both during and prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, of crimes against humanity. “It was these Azov battalion Nazis who had been exterminating the civilian population in the Donetsk and Lugansk republics, deliberately and with exceptional cruelty, for eight years,” said Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov.
This is a really bad move.
Why they are sure as hell guilty
Lucky they were not black flagged
Russia forced DRP to allow them to surrender
With. Chechen warlord as Russian on site overlord to make sure DRP knew big brother meant it
Last I heard, they were going to try them in the occupied Donbas territories> That would be a trial by their peers, and allow the Donbas residents persecuted by the Azov people some revenge.
They are terrorists for defending their country against a foreign aggressor.
Yes, they are.
Azov is hated in Donbas
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/61187310.amp
BBC quoting the few reporters who ventured onto the avenue of death
> This is a really bad move. <
You might have a point. The captured Irish rebels from the Easter Rebellion of 1916 didn’t have a whole lot of support from the public. Then the British executed fourteen of them, and that changed everything.
Glad you remember—these are the “good” Nazis, not to be confused with the older “bad” Nazis....
;-)
A bad move ? What move were you expecting ? Russia is no different from a third world banana republic but with a lot of oil wealth. They can claim anything they want… and do whatever they want with their pow’s. They are not subject to any rules or conventions.
Honest question, Why do you believe that?
This is a really bad move.
Honest question, Why do you believe that?
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Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. Russian forces are somewhat famous for war crimes as well.
Thanks, Pollard, Seems like Azov is like Antifa and BLM, for some reason they get a pass while being Terrorists.
It’s a horrible thing if true but there is no way to claim the authenticity of this video. The Russians are well known for propaganda (look at their mainstream media). How do we know this is not a staged production ?
And our media is as pure as the driven snow. And as honest as the day is long. Our media never told a lie about President Trump of a legal gun owner.
Gee, who could have predicted this?
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