Can’t wait to hear how this is NATO’s fault. 🙄
"But what about the US torturing prisoners? Gotcha!"
That's almost certainly a move for inward communication. "See how we strip ourselves of western oppression! These international rules were imposed on us by the west to keep us weak and are used outside their original means to harm us."
Good point. As near as the artcile says, the main thing that changes is them to not comply with inspections of their prisons. Which - who the hell is doing that anyways, and what exactly would you expect Russia to comply with in terms of human rights? Descent into utter madness and total depraved brutality. On balance - you're probably exactly right. Just performative bluster about how they will be independent from western pussy rules. Even if it's literally to celebrate unrestrained torutre of their own citizens, who will cheer this as RUSSIA STRONK update of the day.
It's also not like anyone seems to enforce them ever.
Russia also supports child corporal punishment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_corporal_punishment_laws
this is not news
Of they aren't abiding by it anyway, no reason to pretend... I guess...?
Maybe naive, but I kind of find it reassuring that they have to waste time doing these sort of meaningless tantrums precisely because the day to day of the war isn't going very well for them. Yes, Ukraine is suffering, but - that's Russia's doing, and if they could be doing any more or any better than they are....they'd be doing it instead of silly diplomatic gestures like this.
Sure! Cause they were like "not until we leave the convention, you guys"
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