[Muehe]

> And their families and kids who all keep their money in US, UK and EU.

Collective punishment is still a war crime.

[SXX]

It's not like west suppose to kill or inprison them. Just go after their finances and throughfully check their source of wealth. Lots of lots of people who are close to Putins regime continue to live in a west and spend money they get out of Russia.

[Muehe]

The Geneva Convention (part IV) is pretty clear on this matter:

> Article 33 - Individual responsibility, collective penalties, pillage, reprisals

> No protected person may be punished for an offence he or she has not personally committed. Collective penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation or of terrorism are prohibited.

> Pillage is prohibited.

> Reprisals against protected persons and their property are prohibited.

[tiahura]

Only if you lose.

[Muehe]

De facto? Maybe. De jure? Still a war crime.

[clarionbell]

No. Not in this case it isn't. Look up definition of war crimes before talking about them.

[Muehe]

I did. Now you may argue that NATO and Russia are not in a state of war and therefore Russian citizens do not fall under the definition of a protected person given in article 4, but then you would be saying that it is alright to commit war crimes during peace times. Which seems kind of backwards to me.