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Putin instigated this was - he, Lavrov, the drunken lout that is Medvedev, and all their various corrupt cronies must all face the ICC. As for the scum who are committing atrocities on the ground, the next Ukrainian government needs to formally adopt the measure instigated by Israel as it hunted down the Nazis after WW2. These people will hopefully not have a moment's peace of mind until they are permanently removed from society.

A totally specious lie at best - as is evident to anyone who actually spent time in Russia, Putin couldn't care less about Russians within his own territory; it is utterly ridiculous to suggest he would care about them abroad.

So a question of stopping Russia from killing more women and children. Do you agree with me that Russia should be made to pay for the outrages it has committed to date, and that Putin should face the ultimate sanction

ChatGPT is helping more than a few correspondents here, it would seem!

I think we need to wait to see the terms. Appeasement of the Russian aggressor will be intolerable to most - and, sadly, the only person who has the power to make Russia pay is the one who seems to be on Russia's books. Zelensky will be kicked out and Putin and Trump will parade around like two little Napoleans as if they have jointly overcome something terrible. Let's hope that the decent countries of the world will continue to punish Russia relentlessly until Putin is in chains in the Hague.

I was in my late 20s when my company offered me a post in Eastern Russia - I spent 8 years there which were among the happiest days of my life. The people are great, the country so beautiful - but the politics at all levels is the worst, and for various reasons, the people accept it. Hell, some even admire it. It is particularly amusing when these loud mouths on TV say that Ukraine deserves what it is undergoing, partly because it was riddled with corruption - if that is the case, their aggressor is many, many times worse.

In an ideal world it would be one topic too many; sadly, however, we are not sufficiently insulated from the deranged antics of the corrupt buffoon.

So still not a traditionally member led political party then?

NATO is a defensive pact; there was no threat to Russia, nor any move to intervene in its politics.

In what way was Russia threatened, either in 2014 or 2022?

Have you checked on either Shopee or Lazada? It seems that most things can be found there.

I read this blog post many years ago, and still turn to it now and again: Don’t Die With Your Music Still In You "...So what is the point of a life dedicated to the acquisition and protection of stuff? All of your money and possessions can be taken away from you by forces outside your control. "What are you truly risking if you go after your dreams? If your current lifestyle is unfulfilling, then you’re starting broke, no matter how much money you have." https://stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/01/dont-die-with-your-music-still-in-you/

Why did you fail to attribute that text to its author? Theft of all sorts comes so naturally to the hard right.

There is quite a few towns and cities in the Russian far east that could be described, today, as pigsties surrounded by a few huts. Imagine if all that money, all that potential, that Putin has wasted trying to convince the world that we should all live like Russians, was spent actually trying to improve the lives of Russians rather than in the destruction of things, maybe the present day pigsties would at least have indoor plumbing.

I belived putin was a bad man before a single shot was fired in Ukraine. You, on the other hand, I don't recall you ever criticising him. As for the future, my faith in politicians tells me that garbage like putin, his cronies and their hideous spawn will still thrive on the misery of millions, and that my desire for true justice will be unfulfilled. I will, of course, pray that, one by one, they are removed from humanity but I am not expecting too much there - the world has too many corrupt supplicants for real justice to exist. As for you? I don't really care where your sentiments truly lie because what I have seen to date I find truly repulsive, so no need to fill me in.

And they will still be around in 4 years, by which time the country will hopefully have come to its senses and the current POTUS will not have wreaked too much more damage at home and abroad.

Quality, not quantity.

True - it was previously part of Laurasia. I say give it, and all former territories of Laurasia back to the Laurasians. That includes the US, although I doubt any self respecting Laurasian would want it for at least another 4 years.

I think most people recognise that Putin is the aggressor here, as he has been in so many assaults on freedom and democracy around the world for decades. It is not a case of 2 neighbours having a spat about a fence; there is a lot more at stake, and the notion that he could walk away from his brutal assault on a sovereign nation still holding a large part of it and dictating the terms for peace that would hobble that country and make it essentially his vassal state for years to come is beyond the pale. Putin must never be rehabilitated into international standing, and Russia must pay massively for their crimes. Trump wants to punish the abused and protect the abuser. That is what sticks in my craw.

Why is it that insults come so readily to the perma angry who either refuse to accept what they are reading, or fail to understand it? The very reason that this is being proposed is because all things are currently NOT equal. Just to help you along, I will repeat that. The very reason that this is being proposed is because all things are currently NOT equal. The fact is that people from ethnic minorities tend to receive harsher sentences than white people who commit the same offences. This proposal is an attempt to make things equal. There, it wasn't so difficult, was it? Now go and look at some pretty flowers or eat some nice cake - try to drop that perma angry attitude for at least a minute or two.

So inclusive to all faiths rather than exclusive.

Which specific groups are mentioned? Can you identify the section of the guidance that says ethnicity should be considered?

No - an attempt to remove racism from sentencing.

Hey Chomps! Don't come around here with your nuance and attempt to show insight! If everyone practiced that, most threads on TV would be barren wastelands!

It appears that he committed the offences after his claim for asylum, so not the same. And, as per the article, will be deported. So going back to the Caribbean woman's likely doomed attempt to appeal the court's order, is there no precedent you can find where trivial claims are upheld as the principal reason for original deportation rulings being overturned on appeal?