Dmitri Medvedev multiplies his tackles in the West. According to him, an arrest of Vladimir Putin by a foreign country following the arrest warrant issued last week by the International Criminal Court would amount to “declaring war” on Moscow, warned this senior Russian official.
“Let’s imagine the thing (…) The head of state of a nuclear power is going to say, for example, Germany and is arrested. What is that? A declaration of war against Russia,” said the current Wednesday night number 2 of the Russian Security Council.
If that happens, then “all our capabilities, missiles and so on, will fall on the Bundestag, the Foreign Ministry and so on,” added the former Russian president, accustomed to devastating statements.
Strikes against the ICC?
The graphic warning comes after the Hague-based ICC last week issued an arrest warrant for the Kremlin strongman for the war crime of “deporting” Ukrainian children in connection with the Moscow offensive. against Ukraine.
The ICC denounced this Wednesday the “threats” emanating from Moscow against it, after the Russian justice system announced the opening of a criminal investigation against several of its judges and its prosecutor, Karim Khan.
Earlier this week, Dmitry Medvedev had already threatened the ICC with a missile attack, urging his magistrates to “look carefully at the sky.”
Russia, which does not recognize the ICC’s jurisdiction, has called Vladimir Putin’s arrest warrant “null and void.”
Source: BFM TV
