Should the Donetsk and Luhansk Peoples Militias Be Designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations?
Last week, Lawfare published a piece by Lawfare\u2019s legal fellow Saraphin Dhanani called, \u201cThe Case for Designating the Donetsk and Luhansk People\u2019s Militias as Foreign Terrorist Organizations.\u201d The article considered whether the Russian-backed militias operating in the Ukrainian provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk can be properly designated as FTOs, and whether they should be.
Lawfare executive editor Natalie Orpett sat down with Saraphin and with Lawfare\u2019s editor-in-chief Benjamin Wittes, who has also been giving this topic a lot of thought. They discussed the legal requirements for FTO designation, how such a designation would interact with the existing sanctions regime the United States has imposed in response to Russia's war in Ukraine, and what impact FTO designations might have on the conflict.
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