If Ukraine Wants the ICC’s Help, It Must Play by the ICC's Rules (Valentyna Polunina, Andreas Umland, The National Interest)

Since Russia’s seizure of Crimea and its aggression in eastern Ukraine, many in Kiev have taken to the idea of enlisting the help of the International Criminal Court in The Hague to punish those responsible and discourage further belligerence. Political leaders in Ukraine, including President Petro Poroshenko, like to publicly invoke the ephemeral “The Hague” as a judicial instance of last resort when describing the future of President Putin, senior Russian officials, militants in parts of the Donbas region and those responsible for the killings during the Euromaidan protests.

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/if-ukraine-wants-the-iccs-help-it-must-play-by-its-rules-17089

Russia's Strategy: Look Scarier Than You Are (Andreas Umland, The National Interest)

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/russias-strategy-look-scarier-you-are-16517