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| What should Russia do with the new Vlasovites? |
| 2023-02-16 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate . Edited. Vlasovites is a reference to Soviet General Andrey Vlasov who defected to Germany during WWII. He is to Russia what Benedict Arnold and Jane Fonda are to America. by Dmitry Kosyrev [RIA] Several hundred Russian citizens are fighting against us somewhere near Artemovsk. There was a report about this in The New York Times - a long one, with pictures and large capital letters. In general, a complete Pulitzer, especially since the author is just the winner of the corresponding award in the field of journalism. Before, we heard rumors about the "Russian Legion," some of whose fighters are from among those who fled to Ukraine "for democracy" long ago, and some - made their way there last year. And then there is the question: how to deal with this? A simple and understandable reaction: what happened to the Vlasovites? This is how it needs to be now. But imagine that you are a judge, well, an assessor, or even better: you were appointed to one of these people as a lawyer from the state. And your job is to find at least some circumstances that justify them, on which the sentence depends - life or not quite. By the way, the newspaper reports that our Prosecutor General's Office opened a case against them in order to recognize the legion as a terrorist organization. And here you and I show the universal understanding inherent in our civilization, forgiveness, and so on: Russian people, pity them. But read the details of the report. Here is a young man of 18-19 years old who escaped from some St. Petersburg university, his call sign is Zaza, he says: “Well, at such a young age, my political views are still being formed, but in any case, when your country was captured by one bad person, you must take matter in your own hands." And here is his opposite: call sign - Caesar, age - about 50 years. He was a Russian nationalist-imperial, but something in this ideology did not suit him. Now he says that the Russians do not kill civilians and do not rape children (hereinafter - a complete list of theses of Kyiv propaganda). So it’s not the Russians who are fighting in Ukraine - the villains have no nationality, and Caesar has already killed many former compatriots (that is, us), and after the liberation of Ukraine, he will go to overthrow the Kremlin regime. Since you are a lawyer or an assessor, you can ask if it is allowed to mitigate the punishment because you are dealing with an outright moron - young or very mature. It seems like no: stupidity does not exempt from responsibility. Another thing is that these warriors say everything as it should be in their situation, but what they think is a difficult question. Maybe they feel sorry for themselves. And from the details of the life of the "Russian Legion". First, there was a Ukrainian law, according to which one cannot serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a Russian passport . Now it is already possible. But this team is part of a foreign legion, that is, mercenaries - with the corresponding legal consequences. The article mentions that local residents treat them with great suspicion, they check for a long time and take them only as privates, while the officers are all Ukrainians. But the legionnaires are learning the Ukrainian language, they can already say "thank you." In general, they try their best. And you know what efforts we are talking about. They need to prove their loyalty to their owners every day - and not with words. Got it. Is this an excuse for them? Hardly. And they get very angry when they are trapped. Here we must recall the folk wisdom: rats are terribly angry if the ship from which they escaped does not sink. But here is another case, do not insult the rats: they are smart animals that do not want to destroy the ship at all - they feed there - and run only if they suspect that some kind of dirty trick is starting and the feeding will end. So this comparison is suitable only for ideologues of hatred for their country, that is, for those who say or sing something on this topic. And the norm of responsibility for these speakers and singers is different. And those who took these speeches and songs in such a way that they took up arms are some completely different creatures. In general, if you do better in the role of a lawyer of the "Russian Legion" - try and try, showing responsiveness and kindness. |
| Posted by:badanov |