2. "The crime of aggression entered the international lexicon thanks to Soviet lawyers who ensured that it was prosecuted in the aftermath of World War II."
(we cite Professor of History @FranHirsch's research)
3. "Former British prime minister Gordon Brown and a long (and growing) list of other high-profile endorsers, called for a Special Tribunal for the Punishment of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine ..."
3. As an international court - the 'International Criminal Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine' - would be able to pierce the veil of head of state immunity.
Upshot: Vladimir Putin and top echelon officials could be prosecuted.
“Did he think forcing all of his advisers to stand up on television and say, in such obvious discomfort, that they agreed with him would make the decision for war look careful and deliberate?My Russian friends suggest something different—is this guy losing it?”
"We have a little bit of inside information with ... the powers that be, but this is a tinderbox. It just is a question of what is the precipitating event.”