Law, Power, and Justice

THURSDAY 12 JANUARY 2023

News Notes:

NYT

• Months of fighting in Soledar.
• Poland and Britain are still considering sending tanks to Ukraine.
• Giving these tanks to Ukraine raises fears of more direct Western involvement in the war.
• While most of Ukraine lies in destruction, West fears giving tanks to Ukraine will provoke Putin. (Note: Ridiculous).
• Poland is urging Western nations to band together and send tanks.
• Germany says it won’t be the first nation to send in tanks.  Poland has to get Germany’s approval to send in German-made tanks.
• Aleksei Navalny’s wife is asking the Russian government to provide jailed Navalny with appropriate medication.
• Navalny is in a “punishment cell” 2 by 3 meters.  He is kept from lying down all day even though he has a temperature.
• More than 200 Russian doctors sent a letter to Putin asking Putin to stop abusing Navalny.