Pavel Astakhov, a former children's ombudsman for Russia, said that murdering ambassadors is 'within the framework of international law.'
While Astakhov's comments were mostly condemned on social media, many also said they weren't surprised to hear such remarks from a former Russian official.
"The whole theme of the Russian approach to the Ukraine war seems to be, 'We're the good guys here. Sure, there are mass graves found in every city we occupied and then retreated from. But don't make us get nasty,'" Thomas E. Ricks, an author who frequently covers the military and national security issues, wrote onThe whole theme of the Russian approach to the Ukraine war seems to be, "We're the good guys here.
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