Dugin, Nationalism and State Terrorism

The European Parliament designated Russia as a terrorist state. According to Deutsche Welle:

EU lawmakers on Wednesday declared Russia a “state sponsor” of terrorism in line with pleas from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

“The deliberate attacks and atrocities committed by Russian forces and their proxies against civilians in Ukraine, the destruction of civilian infrastructure and other serious violations of international and humanitarian law amount to acts of terror and constitute war crimes,” a press release from the European Parliament stated.

The designation is a largely symbolic condemnation of Russia’s actions in Ukraine and beyond. The US government has so far resisted the label for Russia, citing potential unintended consequences under its legal system.

There have been other moves that are far less symbolic because the above mostly is. Among them is the formation of a 21st Century war crimes tribunal. It is starting to take shape as of September:

The European Union has called for a war crimes tribunal as Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said new evidence of torture has been found as more bodies are exhumed from a mass burial site in a town re-taken from Russian forces.

Jan Lipvasky, foreign minister of the Czech Republic which…