Who Can Hold Russia Accountable?
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🗓️ 7 April 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
In a speech before the United Nations, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of the worst war crimes since World War II. But whether there will be accountability on the international stage is a separate question—especially with Russia sitting permanently on the UN Security Council.
How difficult would it be to prove war crimes have in fact been committed in Ukraine? And even if they were, would Putin ever actually be punished?
Guest: Stephen Rapp, former United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues in the Office of Global Criminal Justice under President Obama.
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| 0:00.0 | Sam Mendes presents Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, an audible original drama. |
| 0:05.6 | The young gentleman's name would be... |
| 0:08.3 | Oliver, Oliver Twist. |
| 0:10.7 | ...with Brian Cox as Fagan. |
| 0:12.9 | What have you seen? Street boy. |
| 0:14.9 | Nicola Cochlan as Nancy and Daniel Caluia as Bill Sykes. |
| 0:19.3 | Oh, look at me like a hello to my lawyer. |
| 0:21.3 | I love you, baby. |
| 0:22.3 | ...with original music by Dan Gillespie Cells. |
| 0:25.7 | Subscription required, see audible.co.uk for terms. |
| 0:36.8 | Good morning, everyone. |
| 0:38.0 | The 9,000th and 10th meeting of the Security Council is called to order. |
| 0:46.4 | When the UN Security Council gathered earlier this week, |
| 0:49.6 | their agenda was Ukraine. |
| 0:52.1 | I now give the floor to his ex-lancy Mr. Velotimiya Zelensky, |
| 0:56.5 | the president of Ukraine. |
| 0:59.6 | You have the floor, sir. |
| 1:01.6 | Velotimiya Zelensky appeared remotely. |
| 1:04.5 | ... |
| 1:06.9 | ...Dear Madame, Chairman. |
| 1:10.0 | And like usual, he came prepared with a video presentation. |
| 1:13.9 | But the images he shared this time were grimmer than ever, shocking, really. |
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