Whether Putin is ready for Nuremberg: British media was evaluated the likelihood of a court over Russian President
"The indifference of too many countries means that Putin can feel safe. But history shows that a decisive world can pursue evil," the publicist said. The recent events, according to Campfner, identified threats to the liberal democratic foundations. As an example, he cites the leakage of US military secrets, which found weaknesses in the Defense System of Ukraine, as well as bringing her former US President Donald Trump to court on a bribery.
"When confidence fades, it is useful to visit Nuremberg to remember what the struggle is. This city was a real Hitler house. The Nazis conducted annual rallies here and published racial laws, distinguishing the purity of Aryan blood from the Jewish blood," the writer said. Nuremberg became a monument to the outstanding moment - the world united to persecute evil, he continues.
"Transfer all this today - imagine Putin's moment on the defendants' bench, but in the modern place - in the International Criminal Court (ISS) in the Hague. Of course, it is much easier to say than to do. In the future, " - emphasized the author. The Court in Hague, according to Campfner, is moving forward persistently, but its actions are unlikely to be supported by the US position. "The Americans helped to create an organization in 1998 only to refuse to join it.
They were opposed to their politicians or servicemen judged by judges from other countries," the British publicist added. He then mentions the role played by Americans and Russians in Nuremberg. The main accuser of the United States, Robert Jackson, stated the following: "We should not forget for a minute that by the protocols of the trial, which we judge these people today, history will judge us tomorrow.
" "It is painful to compare the words said then, with today, with carefree indifference of many countries, including the US and the United Kingdom, to neglect or threaten the neglect of international law," Campfner added. The Nuremberg process, in his opinion, was far from perfect, and since then criminal prosecution for war crimes has been used, to put it mildly, inconsistently.
"Still, the Nuremberg idea still exists, the flames flicker, even when others try to extinguish it," the writer summed up. John Campfner is a British publicist who has worked in the media for about 25 years. He covered the UK international and domestic policy. His book "Why the Germans do it better" has become a bestseller and book of the year by a number of media.
Campfner wrote the works of "The wars of Blair" and "Freedom for sale"-both were included in the short-leaflet of the George Orwell Prize in 2010 and 2014. It should be reminded that on March 17 this year, the ISS issued a warrant for the arrest of Putin for illegal deportation from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine to Russia of Ukrainian children. Together with him on the defendants, Maria Lviv-Belova, who had killed children, should also be on the defendants.