Last minute: The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for allegedly responsible for war crimes committed in Ukraine. In its first arrest warrant for Ukraine, the ICC called for Putin to be detained on suspicion of illegally deporting children and illegally transferring people from Ukrainian territory to Russia. The court also issued an arrest warrant for the Russian Commissioner for the Rights of the Child, Maria Lvova-Belova, on the same charges.
RUSSIA: THE DECISION DOES NOT MEAN FOR OUR COUNTRY
Spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zaharova, in a statement on her social media account after the decision, said, “The decisions of the International Criminal Court have no meaning for our country, including from a legal point of view. Russia is not a party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and has no obligations accordingly. there isn’t,” he said. (UAV)