The thing about the atrocity problem on the Russian side is that I believe at the end of this Russia will emerge weaker and that China will take advantage of the situation, and nobody is going to care because people will think the Russians deserve a blighted future because of all the atrocities. They’ll be the new Nazis.
“nobody is going to care because people will think the Russians deserve a blighted future because of all the atrocities.”
That is why Putin got away with his earlier atrocities against Muslims in Chechnya and Syria. People had little sympathy for the victims, after the atrocities committed by al Queda and ISIS.
Formal war crimes trials in the Hague are expected to start by the end of this year, and go on for years.
Only a new Government that repudiates Putin can rehabilitate Russia’s brand. Only Putin can take the blame.