Stalin
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this is the nearest recent historical event I can find or remember as the most similar to the current siege
in both case an odious regime was responsible
"The judges at the High Command trial—a United States military court convened to judge German war crimes—ruled that the siege of Leningrad was not criminal: "the cutting off every source of sustenance from without is deemed legitimate. ...We might wish the law were otherwise, but we must administer it as we find it".[103] Even such actions as killing civilians fleeing the siege was ruled to be legal during the trial.[104] The Soviet Union was not successful at banning the use of starvation in the 1949 Geneva Convention; though imposing some limits, it "accepted the legality of starvation as a weapon of war in principle".[105] Starvation was criminalized later in the twentieth century.[103]
Some 21st century historians, including Timo Vihavainen and Nikita Lomagin, have classified the siege of Leningrad as genocide due to the systematic starvation and intentional destruction of the city's civilian population.[14][15][16][17][18] On 18 March, the Russian foreign ministry issued a statement via TASS to the German foreign ministry saying that the siege of Leningrad was a genocide.[106]\
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comrade lenin
leningrad
in both case an odious regime was responsible
"The judges at the High Command trial—a United States military court convened to judge German war crimes—ruled that the siege of Leningrad was not criminal: "the cutting off every source of sustenance from without is deemed legitimate. ...We might wish the law were otherwise, but we must administer it as we find it".[103] Even such actions as killing civilians fleeing the siege was ruled to be legal during the trial.[104] The Soviet Union was not successful at banning the use of starvation in the 1949 Geneva Convention; though imposing some limits, it "accepted the legality of starvation as a weapon of war in principle".[105] Starvation was criminalized later in the twentieth century.[103]
Some 21st century historians, including Timo Vihavainen and Nikita Lomagin, have classified the siege of Leningrad as genocide due to the systematic starvation and intentional destruction of the city's civilian population.[14][15][16][17][18] On 18 March, the Russian foreign ministry issued a statement via TASS to the German foreign ministry saying that the siege of Leningrad was a genocide.[106]\
Siege of Leningrad - Wikipedia
comrade lenin
leningrad
