Supporters of the invasion of Ukraine are portraying the court’s decision as a sign of western antagonism to Russia
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“The west is showing that it’s ready to go all the way,” said Vladlen Tatarsky, one of the best-known of Russia’s influential military bloggers. “They’re betting on creating a schism inside Russia that wants to remove Putin.” Russian officials have already begun to portray the arrest warrant in a similar way to how sanctions are used in Russia, as an argument that the country is under siege from western powers. They are once again seeking a “rally-round-the-flag” effect, this time around the Russian president, by encouraging a siege mentality.
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