Russian to judgment: Putin accused of war crimes
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The Economist
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🗓️ 22 March 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Joe Biden, among others, has called Vladimir Putin “a war criminal.” International tribunals have tried and convicted war criminals from Rwanda and Serbia: will Russia’s president suffer the same fate? The war in Ukraine will disrupt the world’s wheat market, with potentially grave political consequences in the Middle East. And three public-works projects in Mexico are stirring controversy.
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| 1:06.1 | The war in Ukraine involves two of the world's biggest wheat suppliers and prices are already |
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