Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedevon Friday compared the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against President Vladimir Putin to toilet paper.
“The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin. No need to explain where that paper should be used”, he wrote on Twitter in English, along with a toilet paper emoticon.
On the other hand, the Kremlin denied this Friday any legal value to the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against President Vladimir Putin for war crimes, alleging that Russia does not recognize that court.
“Russia, like a number of states, does not recognize the jurisdiction of that court, and therefore, from the point of view of the law, the decisions of that court are null and void,” Russian President Dmitry Peskov’s spokesman said.
“It is good that the international community has appreciated the work to help the children of our country,” ironized Commissioner Lvova-Belova, quoted by the state agency RIA Novosti.
“There were sanctions against me from all countries, including Japan, and now an arrest warrant (…), but we will continue working,” he added.
ICC calls for Putin’s arrest for war crimes in Ukraine
The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin for the deportation of children in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine, which he denounced as a “meaningless” decision.
The ICC also requested the capture for the same reason, considered as a war crime, of Maria Alexeyevna Lvova-BelovaPresidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights in Russia, said the court based in The Hague in a statement issued this Friday.
Putin’s arrest warrant is “just the beginning” of justice, the head of the Ukrainian presidential administration immediately stated, Andrii Yermakon Telegram.
The prosecutor’s office of the former Soviet republic, which has been facing a Russian invasion since February 2022, praised a “historic decision”.
The court did not specify how it intends to execute the arrest warrants, all the more so since Russia is not a member of the ICC.
(With information from AFP)
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