Should the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Militias Be Designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations?
The Lawfare Podcast
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Donutsk and Luhonsk Peoples' Militias as Foreign Terrorist Organizations?
Sarah Fin: The Donutsk and Luhonsk peoples' militias were formed on the heels of Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea back in 2014. They were separatist groups that first took over government buildings and then declared themselves the de facto peoples' government, she says. Sarah Fin: When referring to the DPR and LPR in official government documents, the United States government uses quotation marks to reinforce that the areas do not have a claim to sovereignty.
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