Thammy Evans

The ravages of Russia’s brutal war in Ukraine are nothing less than ecocide. As the Commander in Chief and under the doctrine of command responsibility, Vladimir Putin is accountable for the acts of the Russian armed forces, who have unleashed grave and potentially irreversible harm on the environment of Ukraine. His war is jeopardising the social and economic benefits anticipated from Ukraine’s nature for the good not only of Ukraine but also for our global commons.

Located at the head of the Kvarner Gulf, Rijeka is Croatia’s third-largest city with a population of around 128,000 and its busiest port. Like many other towns and cities in the region, Rijeka was once an Illyrian and then a Roman settlement – though unlike much of the rest of the Croatian coast, it has the distinction of never quite having fallen under the rule of Venice.

On March 20th 2021, decree number 201 of the President of the Russian Federation came into force. According to this ruling, the majority of the Crimean Peninsula, around 80 per cent of the territory – only excluding a few municipalities and a small part of the city of Sevastopol – is gaining the status as a border territory of the Russian Federation. This decree might well be the final nail in the coffin of Ukrainian Crimea.