Originally Posted by
etudiant
You clearly don't do politics much.
There the basic rule of law was succinctly expressed by the late Roy Cohn: 'I don't know the law, but I know the judge'. Putin has used this to his advantage from his early days in Yeltsin Russia.
Maybe look back at Yukos, hit with fines greater than their revenues and forced into liquidation. The letter of the law matters in Russia, as interpreted by the Kremlin.
you spout the rule of law crap while on one hand glossing over the total lack of adherence to the rules of law of the Geneva convention.