World3/25/2026

The Alibi Machine

The article discusses how Russian officials and propagandists created 'information alibis'—cover stories for potential war crimes—before these crimes were committed. Legal experts suggest such actions could be prosecutable.

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Russian officials and propagandists built cover stories for war crimes before those crimes were committed. Lawyers call this an information alibi. And they think it’s prosecutable.

Credits

Thanks to research by Global Rights Compliance with The Reckoning Project

Legal Research ( Global Rights Compliance ) :

Scott Martin, Anastasiia Vorobiova, Nadiia Vaskivska

Contributors:

Peter Pomerantsev, Anastasiia Vorobiova, Scott Martin, Nadiia Vaskivska, Alexey Kovalev, Michael Weiss, Vasily Gatov

Additional Research & Reporting:

Becky Lipscombe, Alexandra Tyan

Editors:

Natalia Antelava, Becky Lipscombe

Multimedia Production:

Sophiko Vasadze, Becky Lipscombe, Alexandra Tyan

Design Lead:

Teona Tsintsadze

Animation

Anna Jibladze

Illustrations

Teona Tsintsadze, Anna Jibladze

Development

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Executive Editors:

Natalia Antelava, Peter Pomerantsev

Executive Producer:

Sophiko Vasadze

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Source document: Global Rights Compliance

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The Alibi Machine

Bias read (Center): The article presents legal perspectives on the concept of 'information alibis' without overtly favoring any side. It references legal researchers and does not include direct quotes or biased language that would indicate a clear ideological leaning.

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