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Hello and welcome to the edition podcast from The Spectator.

Every week we take a look at some of the most important and intriguing stories from the issue with the writers behind them.

I'm Laura Prendergast, the Spectator's executive editor.

And I'm William Moore, the Spectator's Features Editor.

This week is Putin guilty of war crimes?

Plus, is Europe facing a political standoff between progressives and populists?

And finally, why are overpriced English kitchens so hot right now?

First up, in this week's cover piece, the spectator's editor Fraser Nelson

looks at the risks and rewards of labelling Vladimir Putin and Russian soldiers, war criminals.

Fraser joins us now. Fraser, you write this week's cover piece and you discussed some of the

horrific images that we've been seeing coming out of Ukraine. Do you think that what we've seen

from the Russian army fits with the definition of war crime?

Certainly, if you look at the definition of war crime, you're looking at the targeting of civilians.

We have seen that in Russia, we've seen that in north of Kiev, we've seen that in the east as well.

So then you've also got, as another definition of war crime, the sort of careless use of

artillery in a way which endangers civilians. We've seen that with the shelling of hospital. We've seen

that with a shilling of a theatre where children were sheltering. So certainly you've got things here

which fit the definition of war crime. Now, the trickier question is what do you then do about it?

How do you then identify those responsible?

Would you, for example, go after the soldier who fired the missile,

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