Russian diplomacy described the announcement of the arrest warrant against President Vladimir Putin by the International Criminal Court (ICC) as “insignificant”, while Ukraine says that “it is only the first step”.
“The decision of the International Criminal Court does not make sense for our country, not even from a legal point of view,” Russian diplomacy reacted, in a message on the Telegram social network, saying that it was an “insignificant act.”
“Russia does not belong to the Rome Statute and has no obligations under it,” recalled the spokesperson for Russian diplomacy, Maria Zakharova, referring to the fact that her country had never ratified that treaty.
The Ukrainian presidency welcomed this arrest warrant against the Russian president, marking the start of a process to convict Putin.
“This is just the beginning,” said the head of the Ukrainian presidential office, Andrii Iermak, referring to this announcement as a “historic decision.”
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba also praised the ICC’s position, saying that “the wheels of justice are turning,” adding that he is confident that “international criminals will be held accountable for the theft of children and other international crimes.
Today, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for the Russian president on war crimes charges for his alleged involvement in child abductions in Ukraine.
In a statement, the ICC accuses Putin of being “allegedly responsible for the war crime of illegal deportation of population (children) and illegal transfer of population (children) from the occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation.”
The ICC also issued an arrest warrant for Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, Commissioner for Children’s Rights in the Office of the President of the Russian Federation on similar charges.
Source: TSF
