Netherlands: The intergovernmental organization International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Mr. Vladimir Putin for being the source of the War.
The court has focused its allegations against him on the forcible deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia. It claims that beginning on February 24, 2022, when Russia began its full-scale invasion, atrocities were committed in Ukraine.
The charges have been refuted by Russia, which has called the warrants “outrageous.” It is quite doubtful that the measure will have a significant impact because Russia is not a member of the ICC, which does not have the authority to arrest suspects. The president might be impacted in other ways, notably unable to go abroad.
The ICC claimed in a statement that it had good reason to suspect that both Mr. Putin acted alone and in concert with others to conduct the crimes. Additionally, he was charged with neglecting to exercise his executive authority to halt the deportation of minors.
Ms. Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, is also sought by the ICC for the same offences. The ICC stated that while initially contemplating keeping the arrest warrants private, it ultimately opted to release them in the case that it prevented other crimes from being committed.
Within minutes of the release, responses to the warrants emerged, and Kremlin officials immediately discounted them. Leaders of the opposition in Russia, however, hailed the news. Mr. Ivan Zhdanov, a close friend of Mr. Alexei Navalny, the imprisoned opposition leader, tweeted that it was “a symbolic move” but a crucial one.
The criminal court’s decision to file charges against “state evil,” as per Ukrainian President Mr. Volodymyr Zelensky, is something for which he is grateful.
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