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Legendary Nazi hunter says US will tighten laws to prosecute Russian war crimes

The US remains an outlier among its allies on crimes against humanity prosecution rules

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Eli Rosenbaum, director of the Human Rights Enforcement Strategy and Policy and counselor for War Crimes Accountability at the US Department of Justice, testifies about the war in Ukraine during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "From Nuremberg to Ukraine: Accountability for War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity," on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, September 28, 2022. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
Russian Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev speaks during a trilateral summit between the US, Israel and Russia, in Jerusalem on June 25, 2019. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Top Russian security official apologises after deputy dubs Chabad a 'cult'

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Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar attends the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in Moscow on May 9, 2021. - Russia celebrates the 76th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany during World War II. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)
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TOPSHOT - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on the sidelines of the Sixth Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Astana on October 13, 2022. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / SPUTNIK / AFP) (Photo by VYACHESLAV PROKOFYEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)
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By David Rose

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Russians desperately search for Jewish roots to flee military conscription
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Russians desperately search for Jewish roots to flee military conscription

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Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the National Space Centre construction site in Moscow on February 27, 2022. (Photo by Sergei GUNEYEV / SPUTNIK / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI GUNEYEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)
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