Russian to judgment: Putin accused of war crimes
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The Economist
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🗓️ 22 March 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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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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| 1:11.6 | The war in Ukraine involves two of the world's biggest wheat suppliers, |
| 1:16.6 | and prices are already on the up. |
| 1:19.6 | That will have huge effects in the Middle East, |
| 1:22.6 | where a threat to generous bread subsidies is as much a political as a budgetary concern. |
| 1:32.6 | Mexico City's airport is among the most crowded in Latin America. |
| 1:38.5 | The city needs a new one, and as of Monday, it has one, complete with wrestling-themed toilets and a museum. |
| 1:39.3 | But some worry that the new airport's costs outweigh its benefits. |
| 1:59.9 | Thank you. But some worry that the new airport's costs outweigh its benefits. In Maripol and beyond, Russian forces have turned their firepower on civilians. |
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