Is Putin following the self-destructive path of Slobodan Milosevic?

Like Putin, Milosevic seemed indifferent to extreme human suffering and even dared the international response to the most serious international crimes that he and his military were committing. Milosevic also thought that he would never end up before an international criminal tribunal.

Russian President Vladimir Putin could be following the fate of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic in the hall of leaders of state convicted for the most serious international crimes, writes Errol Mendes. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Opinion

BY ERROL MENDES

March 23, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin could be following the fate of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic into the hall of leaders of state convicted for the most serious international crimes. Putin may well be facing the same route to self-destruction as Milosevic, the first European head of sta...

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