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And get away with them. the expectations for international law changed. >> you think they increased the expectations? >> i think we expect legitimate governments to follow the rule of law. in the past you might have seen law as binding contracts between states. if one state broke the law, another might have the right to also break the law. i don't think that's the expectation now. the expectation is that le jatimate governments follow the rule of law and they adhere to international law and we have seen putin start to back pedal by trying to invent reasons why his intervention is legal. you ha...