Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev claims that the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin will have “terrible consequences” for international law, writes The Guardian.
- “They decided to try the president… of a nuclear power that does not participate in the ISS for the same reasons as the USA and other countries,” Medvedev wrote in Telegram.
- “The consequences for international law will be dire,” he added Dmitry Medvedev, former president of the Russian Federation and staunch supporter of Vladimir Putin.
It will be recalled that the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant on behalf of Putin for the war crime of illegal deportation of at least 100 children from Ukraine. The ruling obliges the court’s 123 member states to arrest Putin and hand him over to The Hague for trial if he enters their territory.
In the first reaction from Moscow, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Maria Zakharova, stated in her Telegram channel:
- “The decisions of the International Criminal Court have no significance 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 under it.”
On Sunday, Putin defiantly visited Mariupol, a Ukrainian city in the Donetsk region occupied by Moscow forces.
Source: Hot News
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