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German law allows for universal jurisdiction over war crimes, and the authorities have already prosecuted former Syrian regime intelligence officials accused of torture.
The German government says it has “unequivocal proof” that a Novichok agent was used on the leading Russian opposition leader.
The gripping new documentary “Me and the Cult Leader” features director Atsushi Sakahara questioning Hiroshi Araki, a man whose cult injured him in the Tokyo Subway sarin attack.
A prisoner now in Baghdad, the young scientist is still proud of what he did developing chemical weapons for ISIS. When will they be used? He doesn’t know, doesn’t seem to care.
The U.K. says they’re Russian intelligence agents who tried to murder a former spy. They insist they’re just absurdly unlucky tourists.
Putin’s instinct is to prepare for a long and painful siege, but the Russian people may not be up for that.
The real question is where does the Russian criminal state end and the criminal underworld begin, and how do they work together in what amounts to a new murder incorporated?