> Anyway, Russia doesn't consider the assassination of this person to be a legitimate military target Which really should be the end of the entire "debate" rig

> Anyway, Russia doesn't consider the assassination of this person to be a legitimate military target Which really should be the end of the entire "debate" right there, since it they're blatantly lying about their own beliefs. The Russian state under Putin very well-documented history of assassination attempts (and successes) against civilians, even within neutral countries. Two quick examples being the killing of Putin-critic Litvenko (radioactive mess in Britain) and a recently a foiled attempt to kill the CEO of a German firm that was selling arms to Ukraine.