![What 20 Years of Putin’s Own Words Tell Us About Russia’s Subversion of International Law](https://www.jurist.org/features/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2022/10/sNNfscNwaKOQkcztO0fHPAW8HEhIo17x.jpeg)
Seven months into Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, amid mounting evidence of Russian battlefield losses, Putin announced his country’s latest annexation of four territories. In a rambling speech that alternately sought legitimacy for the annexations in the UN Charter and railed against Western colonialism and transgender rights, the enigmatic Russian leader revealed a great deal about [...]