Jon Richardson
@jon-richardson.bsky.social
Visiting Fellow
Centre for European Studies
Australian National University
https://researchportalplus.anu.edu.au/en/persons/jon-richardson
https://theconversation.com/profiles/jon-richardson-1510140
https://insidestory.org.au/authors/jon-richardson/
Centre for European Studies
Australian National University
https://researchportalplus.anu.edu.au/en/persons/jon-richardson
https://theconversation.com/profiles/jon-richardson-1510140
https://insidestory.org.au/authors/jon-richardson/
Thanks. I’m afraid they did fulfill no. 4 which was to call for a Security Council meeting. Russia of course wielded a veto so no action was possible. It was always an empty document, not even a treaty, and the US was very careful at the time not to make commitments it wasn’t sure it wanted to keep.
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Thanks. I’m afraid they did fulfill no. 4 which was to call for a Security Council meeting. Russia of course wielded a veto so no action was possible. It was always an empty document, not even a treaty, and the US was very careful at the time not to make commitments it wasn’t sure it wanted to keep.
No it didn’t agree to protect Ukraine. It’s done many wrong things but violating this document isn’t one of them.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
No it didn’t agree to protect Ukraine. It’s done many wrong things but violating this document isn’t one of them.
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Surely the most offensive is pushing Ukraine to cede territory.
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Surely the most offensive is pushing Ukraine to cede territory.
Driscoll is aiding and abetting crimes against humanity. You guys should tell him.
November 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Driscoll is aiding and abetting crimes against humanity. You guys should tell him.
Not sure rhetorical annihilation is covered by the convention but Putin’s and his cronies’ rhetoric is strong evidence of intention to destroy the Ukrainian nation, and is being implemented in a major part of that nation in the occupied territories.
November 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Not sure rhetorical annihilation is covered by the convention but Putin’s and his cronies’ rhetoric is strong evidence of intention to destroy the Ukrainian nation, and is being implemented in a major part of that nation in the occupied territories.
I’m afraid I can only see about 25 obligations violated there. I expect there are a lot more, but if you want to have credibility in making specific claims you should list them all. It would be useful for everyone.
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I’m afraid I can only see about 25 obligations violated there. I expect there are a lot more, but if you want to have credibility in making specific claims you should list them all. It would be useful for everyone.
Literally pointless? Would that have been different from just pointless? When you just say pointless we shouldn’t take you seriously because whatever it was might have actually had some point, if not much? Just a thought.
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Literally pointless? Would that have been different from just pointless? When you just say pointless we shouldn’t take you seriously because whatever it was might have actually had some point, if not much? Just a thought.
Very good but they should list the full 71 obligations that would be violated
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Very good but they should list the full 71 obligations that would be violated
Not bad but if Ukraine retains sovereignty Russia must rescind annexations and there should be no relaxation of sanctions until this happens and international observers and organisations are allowed into the occupied territories. Anything else cements genocide & the most egregious occupation regime.
November 24, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Not bad but if Ukraine retains sovereignty Russia must rescind annexations and there should be no relaxation of sanctions until this happens and international observers and organisations are allowed into the occupied territories. Anything else cements genocide & the most egregious occupation regime.
I’m sure it was well meaning and possibly justified, but saying “if you only read one book, this is it” comes across as rather arrogant, even patronising- how would she know - whoever she is - which book I would like or need to read? No doubt it was more nuanced but it might put some people off.
November 24, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I’m sure it was well meaning and possibly justified, but saying “if you only read one book, this is it” comes across as rather arrogant, even patronising- how would she know - whoever she is - which book I would like or need to read? No doubt it was more nuanced but it might put some people off.
Possibly, although if they leaked it after giving translation to Witkoff to give to Kyiv, it might have upset Witkoff or White House. Which points finger more towards the U.S. as leakers.
November 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Possibly, although if they leaked it after giving translation to Witkoff to give to Kyiv, it might have upset Witkoff or White House. Which points finger more towards the U.S. as leakers.
An MP? Jeezus wept.
November 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
An MP? Jeezus wept.
Here’s the biggest fascist mobilisation in decades. A combination of Hitler’s Reichskommisariat Ukraine, 1984 and the mafia. Suggest informing yourself before you expound on Ukraine.
insidestory.org.au/silent-terror/
insidestory.org.au/silent-terror/
Silent terror: Russia’s occupation of southeastern Ukraine • Jon Richardson
A chilling account of occupied southeastern Ukraine reveals a systematic program of Russification combined with chaos, brutality and corruption
insidestory.org.au
November 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Here’s the biggest fascist mobilisation in decades. A combination of Hitler’s Reichskommisariat Ukraine, 1984 and the mafia. Suggest informing yourself before you expound on Ukraine.
insidestory.org.au/silent-terror/
insidestory.org.au/silent-terror/
Interested to know which title you think is more appropriate. Revolution to me implies the distorted notion that it was throwing off a king or tyrant, rather than rule by a British constitutional monarchy, albeit rather oligarchical, with an electorate not that much smaller than the U.S. in 1789.
November 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Interested to know which title you think is more appropriate. Revolution to me implies the distorted notion that it was throwing off a king or tyrant, rather than rule by a British constitutional monarchy, albeit rather oligarchical, with an electorate not that much smaller than the U.S. in 1789.
And Bugliosi, Posner and Mailer explored forensically and exhaustively every other angle, claim and theory and came to the same conclusions. Case closed.
November 23, 2025 at 10:13 AM
And Bugliosi, Posner and Mailer explored forensically and exhaustively every other angle, claim and theory and came to the same conclusions. Case closed.
It’s nothing like Korea. The two Koreas were still Korean. The occupied territories were home to 12 million people, majority Ukrainian and now under a brutal and ethnocidal regime wiping out Ukrainian culture and identity and returning the Crimean Tatars to the Russian jackboot. Get a grip.
November 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
It’s nothing like Korea. The two Koreas were still Korean. The occupied territories were home to 12 million people, majority Ukrainian and now under a brutal and ethnocidal regime wiping out Ukrainian culture and identity and returning the Crimean Tatars to the Russian jackboot. Get a grip.
Curiously the version reported by Axios was in Ukrainian and English, not Russian. Does that suggest that a Ukrainian may have leaked it for some reason? E.g. to highlight how bad it was? Hmmm…Or a more insidious agenda?
www.onestnetwork.com/post/leaked-...
www.onestnetwork.com/post/leaked-...
Leaked U.S. "Peace Plan": Full Translation of 28 Key Terms Presented to Ukraine
A complete English translation of the leaked 28-point U.S. draft peace plan for Ukraine, detailing security guarantees, NATO restrictions, territorial concessions, sanctions relief for Russia, reconst...
www.onestnetwork.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Curiously the version reported by Axios was in Ukrainian and English, not Russian. Does that suggest that a Ukrainian may have leaked it for some reason? E.g. to highlight how bad it was? Hmmm…Or a more insidious agenda?
www.onestnetwork.com/post/leaked-...
www.onestnetwork.com/post/leaked-...
Not convinced regime needs to hold empire together by external demonstrations of force. Colonisation is too embedded. Only bigger republics with titular peoples in majority outside Caucasus fringe are Tatarstan, Sakha and Kalmykia. Other means of coercion/persuasion (and Chechnya example) suffice.
November 23, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Not convinced regime needs to hold empire together by external demonstrations of force. Colonisation is too embedded. Only bigger republics with titular peoples in majority outside Caucasus fringe are Tatarstan, Sakha and Kalmykia. Other means of coercion/persuasion (and Chechnya example) suffice.
No it just means they won’t recognise the change. Similar to Israeli annexations of Golan and E Jerusalem.
November 23, 2025 at 8:39 AM
No it just means they won’t recognise the change. Similar to Israeli annexations of Golan and E Jerusalem.
They haven’t actually accepted that borders have been changed in the sense of recognising them. Invasions and annexations have been condemned in the UN , not just by Western countries. It may not be the same as kicking out Russia by force but there’s a big difference between rejection and acceptance
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
They haven’t actually accepted that borders have been changed in the sense of recognising them. Invasions and annexations have been condemned in the UN , not just by Western countries. It may not be the same as kicking out Russia by force but there’s a big difference between rejection and acceptance
No reason to disbelieve in general but how would a S enior European official know the tone was “nauseating”.
November 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
No reason to disbelieve in general but how would a S enior European official know the tone was “nauseating”.