Thread by @SSmithPeter1

On Sunday, an official Russian news agency released a plan for the genocide of the Ukrainian people. Here's my annotated, revised translation: Bit.ly/3JpcT0t @StevenErlanger @infobae @francska1 @arstotzia @MacaesBruno @nadinbrzezinski @cbcDougDirks @AndrewBuncombe A🧵

Ukrainian politicians and military leaders will be liquidated, it states. Forced labor awaits the rest. All Ukrainian history, culture, and symbols will be repressed and the population will be forcibly reeducated over 25 years. @TzviJoffre @UmlandAndreas @razomforukraine

I include an introduction with one of the author's statements from 2006: mass politics means that “nothing but the lash is required.” @EstherJay10 @thedispatch @arstotzia @MacaesBruno @nadinbrzezinski @BrianKarem @lapatina_ @KyivIndependent @RussianWarCrime @EmineDzheppar @fmod1

The author of the genocide plan goes on to say, chillingly,“the violence might be very subtle... It is not required that violence take the form of.. genocide.” But not forbidden, for him and Russia. @SamRamani2 @ChristopherJM @KSergatskova @avalaina @lesiavasylenko @anders_aslund

This plan for genocide never could have appeared in such an official forum without approval from the top. Hopefully @iccr_TheHague is watching.@clashreport @StratCom_AFU @DarthPutinKGB @UNOSAPG @olex_scherba @MFA_Ukraine @DmytroKuleba @steven_seegel @H__Ukraine @JohnVsetecka

While @Jerusalem_Post @thedispatch @CBCNews and a few others have picked up the story, much of the media hasn't. This needs to be reported as widely as possible. @nytimes @washingtonpost @CNNnewsroom @maddow @latimes #StandWithUkraine #BuchaGenocide #GenocideOfUkrainians