• ChrisHani@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Interesting spin. South African courts would put out an arrest warrant. He wouldn’t be arrested. South Africa would then be sanctioned by NATO members. The South African ruling party thus asked the Kremlin to spare them this fate.

    There is a precedent to this situation (al Bashir).

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      1 year ago

      As someone from the Westin Cape of South Africa I know the DA party would be insane enough to use the metropolitan police that they more or less control to symbolicaly arrest him for the publicity if they where given the chance.

      DA is the majority party of the Western Cape where Putin would be visiting.

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          1 year ago

          Would the DA be willing to get Cape Town nuked by an offshore submarine? I guess we will never get the opportunity to find out.

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    1 year ago

    “Oh, never mind. I’ll just staycation this year. Lot going on at home anyways.”

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    1 year ago

    South Africa cannot withdraw from international court? USA are not part of it, so Russia and China…

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    1 year ago

    This is good practice for Ukraine. I’m glad he has courageously taken the first step towards being a reformed war criminal. /s