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War in Ukraine: Is Russia a terrorist state?

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November 24, 2022

Massacres, torture, kidnappings: the list of Russia's alleged misdeeds is long. Is Russia a "terrorist state"?

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Jessica Berlin is a political analyst from the German Marshall Fund, a think tank.

 

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Wolfgang Richter, former paratrooper and retired Colonel with Germany’s Bundeswehr, now a military analyst at the German Institute for International and Security affairs.

 

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Natalia Smolentceva, from DW’s Russia desk.
 

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