Last week in this space we focused on the 24 Ukrainian sailors captured near the Kerch Strait by Russia back in November of last year – a deliberate and dangerous violation of international maritime law – and the fact that as of March 5 they had been held for 100 days. On the occasion of that distressing milestone, the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (KHPG) wrote: “Russia’s behavior was condemned by the international community, but the sanctions thus far have been ‘like a pinprick to an elephant,’ according to Nikolai Polozov, the coordinator of the lawyers representing the 24 POWs.”