Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (44) calls for the establishment of a special tribunal for Russia. Those responsible for their war crimes must be held accountable there. Putin’s top propagandists are now angry that the Russians fear the consequences of their bombings. They would reluctantly risk “a catastrophe befalling Russia.”
Putin’s favorite propagandist Vladimir Solovyov (59) and Margarita Simonyan (42), editor-in-chief of “Rossia Sevodnya” (Russia Today), emphasized in his talk show Monday that defeat is not an option for them. Russia must win.
“They (the Ukrainians Noted. editorial) are preparing to take over our Crimea, and we are doing the only thing we can do in this situation: we are bombing it,” Simonyan said, justifying the recent attacks. She explained it in a video earlierthat Zelensky left the Russians no choice but to bomb the country.
Public criticism is getting louder
“We are bombing the infrastructure, even though we never wanted to. Nobody wanted that,” she continues. Apparently not all citizens see it that way; some, according to the journalist, would behave with caution or were against bombing Ukrainian infrastructure.
Incomprehensible to Simonjan. “Every day we see the infrastructure that helps the Ukrainians kill our people on what is now our territory being destroyed,” she says.
Concerns about the consequences of war crimes
If Zelenskiy’s demands for a tribunal for Russia are carried out, the crimes could be tried by the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
In the past, the most powerful were sentenced there. In 2013, former Liberian President Charles Taylor (74) was sentenced to 50 years in prison for his war crimes. In 2021, two Serbian security chiefs were sentenced to 12 years in prison for their crimes in the Bosnian war. Even Russian commanders now tremble as they contemplate the consequences of their orders.
Simonjan has no understanding for that. There is more at stake than your own future. “People are afraid of The Hague, but they should be afraid of losing,” Simonyan warns. “They must be afraid of betraying their own people,” she emphasizes.
Defeat means catastrophe for Russia
A defeat would have much worse consequences than trials at the international court, she believes. “If we manage to lose, The Hague even expects the caretaker to clean the cobblestones behind the Kremlin wall,” she explains.
Simonyan has no empathy for the Ukrainian people. “The fact that another part of Kiev is without electricity does not change the magnitude of the catastrophe that will befall our country if we lose,” the propagandist said.
Putin’s top agitator Solovyov has an answer ready quickly. “If we lose, there is no The Hague.” And indirectly threatens a nuclear attack: “The world will turn to ashes.”
While the majority of Ukrainians are out in the cold and dark, speculation on state television continues. The political scientist also presented in a recent broadcast of Vladimir Solovyov Sergei Mikhiev “A solution” for the Ukrainian citizens who fear for their lives: “We must make sure that Ukraine sends another ten to fifteen million refugees to Europe. Let them solve their problems.”