Tankies in a nutshell and in all their glory 💁🏻‍♀️

I am glad to share my InternationalLawBlog post, in which I critically examined the debates on the Russo-Ukrainian war permeating the ESIL-SEDI Research Forum in Tartu and the Asian Society of International Law (AsianSIL) Conference in Bandung.

This is the story of two Ukrainian orthography editions published in 1928 and 1933 – and everything horrible that happened in between. It's also a lesson in Soviet/Russian colonialism, showcasing how Moscow weaponizes language to conquer and dominate other nations. 🧵 1/

Jeremy Corbyn has suddenly reversed his view on occupation. After 1.5 years of telling Ukrainians to accept occupation with a negotiated settlement, the ex Iranian state TV presenter has suddenly reverted to his previous position that there can be no peace under occupation. 🤔

In Western media, the "nationalists" are the Ukrainians, Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, and all other nations formerly, or currently, captured by Russia & wish to be free. You know who is NEVER portrayed as "nationalist" in same media, though? RUSSIANS. FUNNY HOW THAT WORKS.

The Italian school curriculum is chock-full of textbooks spreading Russian propaganda: from the disregard for Russian aggression and imperialism to the erasure of Ukrainianness in Ukraine. Ukr Embassy to Italy, will you react?

Nemtsov on Crimea, Radio Free Europe, April 30, 2014

Soviet anti-imperialism in two sentences: "We cannot do without the petroleum of Azerbaijan or the cotton of Turkestan. We take these products which are necessary for us not as the former exploiters, but as older brothers bearing the torch of civilization" (G. Zinoviev, 1922).

It's been two years since Russia launched their full-scale invasion against Ukraine. Just four days before that, Russian state-media stated that they have "no such plans", and pro-Kremlin propagandists followed suit. Remember: Russia and its henchmen ALWAYS lie.

Scratch virtually any self-professed "anti-imperialist" in the Kremlin and you'll find a racist. Dmitry Rogozin, Russia's former ambassador to NATO, the former head of Roscosmos and one of the Kremlin's most vocal "fighters against global colonialism," is a case in point.

Situation in #Ukraine: #ICC judges issue arrest warrants against Sergei Ivanovich Kobylash and Viktor Nikolayevich Sokolov. Read more ⤵️   icc-cpi.int/news/situation…

Glad to share my EJIL: Talk! blog post, in which I analysed a recent ruling of Ukraine's Supreme Court concerning the leadership requirement in the crime of aggression. CECS Copenhagen Law

🔥🔥New landmark decision of the #HRCttee Bratsylo et al. v. #Russia released today. Several violations of the ICCPR in #Crimea. For the first time in its case-law, the HRCttee interpreted the Covenant (Art 9, 12, 17 and 26) in light of #IHL and esp. the IV #GenevaConvention 1/5

Not the 'arrest warrant news' people are waiting for, but this is huge. The Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic has made public an arrest warrant for the former president, François Bozizé (who is currently in exile in Guinea-Bissau).

🧵THE DEAL THAT NEVER WAS How Russia sought to subjugate Ukraine, the West rightly refused to play the ball, and Putin became personally responsible for the failure of the Ukrainian-Russian talks

It was a pleasure to present my research at the Asian Society of International Law (AsianSIL) conference in Almaty, Kazakhstan. My presentation concerned international law-based responses to the Russo-Ukrainian war, notably the accusations of double standards against the West, the Global South, Russia & Ukraine.

These past two days have been intellectually enriching, filled with intense and stimulating discussions during the EASTERNISATION workshop, which focused on Russian and Chinese roles in the regionalization of international law and their impact on global reordering (1)

For years, German politicians, journalists and even scholars told Ukrainians about the danger of radical nationalists in Ukraine. Now Germany has radical nationalists victorious in provincial elections, while in Ukraine there are no radical nationalists in the parliament at all.

The voices of Russian soldiers who went to Ukraine to kill, torture, rape, destroy and rob must be heard. But in the courtroom, not at the Venice Film Festival.

Why some smart people spread russian propaganda? Recently, I had a conversation with a person from “academic circles” who claimed that people like Jeffrey Sachs, John Mearsheimer, Noam Chomsky cannot be russian propagandists because they are smart and well educated. 1/n