adolf Hitler and Vladimir Putin

Dictatorship, extrajudicial execution, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, Russia, sanctions, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin February 28, 2015

Nemtsov assassination represents a stark warning to the opposition: “Criticize Putin, especially on the Ukraine, and you may die” (Updated March 6, 2015)

UPDATE (March 6, 2004) See Steffen Dobbert “Interview: ‘Putin hat Nemzow exekutieren lassen.’ Was Putin mit Hitler verbindet, und weshalb nur Russlands Präsident hinter dem…

Deutschland, European Union, France, Germany, History, human rights, International Law, Justice Department, Russia, sanctions, self-defense, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin August 19, 2014

Why should the West help Putin “save face” in the Ukraine?

Developing The diplomats are thinking of ways to stop the fighting in the Donbass, and a way to help Vladimir Putin to “save face” in…

Barack Obama, Crimea, Czechoslovakia, Deutschland, France, Germany, History, International Law, Justice Department, NATO, Russia, U.N. Charter, U.S. Congress, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United States, use of force July 3, 2014

Russian invasion of eastern Ukraine continues; Europe refuses serious sanctions; Only serious sanctions can stop Russia

Developing For background, see The Trenchant Observer, “The virus of nationalism and military aggression: Adolf Hitler in Vienna, March, 1938; Vladimir Putin in Sevastopol, May…

Barack Obama, Czechoslovakia, Deutschland, Dictatorship, France, Germany, History, International Law, Russia, sanctions, U.S. Congress, Ukraine, United States, use of force June 30, 2014

The virus of nationalism and military aggression: Adolf Hitler in Vienna, March, 1938; Vladimir Putin in Sevastopol, May 9, 2014

The virus of unbounded nationalism and military aggression ravaged Europe, Germany and the world in the 1930’s and 1940’s, leading to World War II and…

Crimea, International Law, Russia, sanctions, U.N. Charter, Ukraine, use of force June 25, 2014

New EU Regulation prohibits Importation or financing of imports of goods from the Crimea

The EU has imposed a real sanction on Russia which prohibits the importation to the EU or by any EU national or company of goods…