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Russia returned Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna’s body without internal organs
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this post was submitted on 29 Apr 2025
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Forgive me if I don’t hold my breath… 🙄
Actually Putin is already a wanted man for war crimes, and he cannot travel to most countries without being arrested.
Pretty sure Florida and DC are back on his vacation list now
You say this like the US has any history of actually arresting war criminal dictators.
In reality they actually have a massive history of backing them and having them be their puppets, UNLESS they're on Russia's side. That last part no longer matters
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Hungary has already hosted a wanted war criminal. And the US has threatened the ICC for doing their job. So maybe that’s two possible destinations for Vladimir?
Their home security IT system is a mosquito net made of paper with a post-it note saying 'no hack pl0x'.
They had been caught letting the Russians take a ~~quick~~ comfy look around and promptly doing fuck all about it. I guess the Russians assume that it's the same reason half of the EU/NATO would also know if Putty decided to take a walk in that country.
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At what point are forces sent into Russia to arrest him?
I guess around the same time they go into Israel for Netanyahu.
Yeah. Him and Bibi will stand trial on the same day.
"Achually, she was a journalist, not a prisoner of war. So we can fuck her shit up."
- Russian propaganda, probably
Taking from the Israeli playbook.
Little wonder they're buddying up.
I woNder whAt kind of Zany person commIts war crimes against journalists.
Is an INAZI some new apple product?
iNAZI
Worst iCarly spinoff ever
You are totally right and Putin totally doesn't give a shit.
Putin should be arrested and tried for genocide and war crimes the second he steps out of Russia, but since he's apparently already dying I am afraid we'll never have the pleasure of seeing the asshole in a little jail cell
Same for Netanyahu btw...
Add it to the list. Might take you a while to find the bottom.
Who wants to out down some money in when countries just stop following the Geneva Convention because it's "a regulatory burden"? Price is Right rules closest without going over.
Literally President Trump has said that, I believe in his first term. Something about how there shouldn't be rules in war, and whatever happens/whoever happens to be in the crossfire, happens.
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War crime = "and they got away with it"
From another source:
The investigation revealed that upon examination in Ukraine, it was discovered that several internal organs were missing, including the brain, eyeballs, and part of the larynx.
According to the investigative team, the body showed signs of an autopsy conducted in Russia. An international expert suggested that the missing organs could have been removed to obscure evidence of death by strangulation or suffocation.
Sounds like they mutilated the body to cover up how she died.
I thought they removed her organs, so that they can use them for transplant surgeries, since organs are expensive afaik. But seems thats not the case here since brain, eyes, larynx cannot be transplanted
Someone brough up a theory that it's a "symbolic punishment" for a journalist:
remove the eyes so you cannot see
remove the brain so you cannot think
remove the larynx so you cannot speak (the larynx contains the vocal cords)
That makes much more sense because unless some classified shit was tested on her (in which case they probably wouldn't have returned her body at all) there wouldn't be any reason to hide the cause of her death. If she was hanged on a short rope or strangled which the (lack of) evidence points towards then that's kinda not worse than a journalist being murdered any other way. Wouldn't justify all the fuss at least.
I'm not sure what it says about them that they have this capacity to surprise me every time I heard what next depravity they did.
i wish this depravity from russia surprised me. they decapitated my friend's dad
And this isn't even the first time they've done this.
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Things to do to Putin when he's caught:
- Remove internal organs.
- Poke one eye out and fill the hole with siracha sauce jalapeno pickle vinegar, and lemon....
That will burn the dick that fucks the socket.
That's gonna be a long wait until everyone's done with that. But OK. Just let me know when the socket is ready for jalapeño juice.
While he's alive.
And we can connect a taser to his balls in case he wants to leave Earl so we can bring him Right back.
He won't know if he's coming our going lol.
That'll happen when a huge army to arrest them with is formed. But even then they'll have to fight through their forces to get to them
Cannot wait for the strongly worded letter and the big story about Putin promenading himself in an ICC country next year.
Right? Laws and Rules of Engagement only have teeth when those whose role it is to enforce them actually fucking do so. We are failing so much on an international level and the future is looking pretty fucking bleak because of widespread cowardice to take action.
I can't wait for the Lemmy admins to go on another rant about Ukrainian Nazis or some shit.
She worked as a freelance journalist for Ukrainska Pravda, Radio Free Europe, and Hromadske.
According to wiki.
“This is so nasty Vladimir 😢. Stop the killing, make peace deal now 🙏”
- Donald J. Trump
But also Ukraine stated the war, and is a dictator. Which you can tell because I said it.
Also Donald J. Trump
Makes my hair stand up with hate and disgust jesus christ
So the cause of death is either organ harvesting for medical use, or torture.
UPDATE: It seems to be torture.
Or both...
the Russians are known for poisoning people I would bet on that personally
People are disgusting.
"Investigators discovered that several organs were missing, including the brain, both eyeballs, and part of the trachea. According to an international forensic expert consulted by journalists, the absence of these organs could have been intended to obscure evidence of death by strangulation or suffocation. Remembering the Journalists Targeted and Killed by Russia in Ukraine
A bruise on Roshchyna’s neck indicated a potential fracture of the hyoid bone—a rare injury commonly associated with manual strangulation."
cool new hack for getting into hard-to-get-into-universities: major in journalism.
This is crazy, it should create a ripple effect of protests in Russia I hope. Its time to destabilize Russia. Much condoleances and may she rest in peace.
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