Even realizing the fact that for Wagner PMC such reprisals are common practicethis is impossible for a normal person to look at.
This is yet another evidence of the evil that Putin has nurtured over the years of his rule, and what’s worst is that Russians will have to face this evil even after Putin – after all, the evil that he nurtured has already outgrown himself.
“Wagner PMC” is an independent, independent combat unit with its own rules and laws that does not take anyone into account, and Prigozhin is relatively young, ambitious, merciless and completely devoid of human morality.
This execution also put Ukraine in an unpleasant media situation, because in the eyes of the public it looks as if Ukraine gave up Nuzhnin in an exchange, knowing that he would be killed, but he spoke out against Putin and wanted to fight for Ukraine.
But there are several nuances here.
While there is no confirmation that Nuzhnin was extradited in the exchange, Ukraine has not officially commented on what happened, and Gulagu.net sources give different versions: exchange and kidnapping. But even if we assume that it was an exchange, shouldn’t Ukraine have changed it?
1. “Nuzhnin wanted to fight for Ukraine” is not a fact. Before being captured, Nuzhnin supported the war and the actions of the Russian authorities towards Ukraine. Before participating in the war, Nuzhnin was imprisoned for murder, and before that he served in the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Nuzhnin publicly changed his position only after being captured, writes the Cheka-OGPU.
2. Nuzhnin did not have combatant status, according to the Vienna Conventions, because he was a mercenary. This is scary to say, but according to international law, Ukraine could not have taken him prisoner.
3. But let’s discard the previous two points and leave only the moral component. Imagine: you captured the enemy. Yes, he says on camera that he hates the enemy and supports you, but his dossier (from his place of work to his posts on social networks) says otherwise. And the enemy has your guys in captivity, who need to be rescued. Wouldn’t you give it up in exchange for your guys? This just demonstrates Ukraine’s commitment to the principle of “we don’t abandon our own.”
4. “Ukraine knew that they would kill him.” Maybe she knew. Or maybe not. But even if she knew, should Ukraine be held responsible for what happens to Russian prisoners of war after their return to Russia?
The problem of brutal massacres by illegal Russian armed groups has existed since Syria. And, as Vladimir Osechkin correctly says, the UN ignored it for many years. The world did not react in any way to last year’s exposure by Sergei Savelyev and Gulagu.net torture conveyor in Russian prisons, continuing to conduct business as usual with Russia as if nothing had happened, considering it a civilized country.
Now these massacres are out of control, just as Russia was out of control on February 24th. And all that Ukraine can be responsible for is to ensure that these atrocities do not occur on its territory and with its citizens.
“ВЧК ОГПУ”
