betrayer

“Betrayals are always sinister, but the closer the betrayer, the greater the evil,” said the introduction to Michél’s lawsuit, which was obtained Wednesday by The Times.

With President Putin's repeated calls to "punish betrayers" and the end of the war in Ukraine nowhere in sight, serial snitches like Korobkova show no sign of wanting to stop reporting on their fellow citizens.

And while Trump is quick to blame his betrayers — Cohen is “proven to be a liar,” he said outside the courtroom this week — his predicament was born from his own lopsided approach to relationships.

Ms. Luhova, who had served as Kherson’s mayor for much of the past year but became deputy mayor in a recent reshuffle, pointed to another danger: “betrayers.”

“Traitors and betrayers,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement about Mr. Kara-Murza on Monday, “will get what they deserve.”