As part of the West's attempt to ramp up the pressure on President Vladimir Putin, the International Criminal Court on Friday issued an arrest warrant for the Russian leader.
The warrants for both Putin and Lvova-Belova allege severe human rights violations against children, and mark the first formal international charges brought by the ICC against Moscow.
The ICC said in a statement that Putin "Is allegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of population and that of unlawful transfer of population from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation."
"The ICC is doing its part of work as a court of law," ICC court president Piotr Hofmanski said.
Given the ICC doesn't have a police force, any actual attempt to detain Putin would be the decision of a government, so needless to say it could not possibly be enforced.
The Kremlin responded quickly to the ICC warrants, with Dmitry Peskov stressing that Russia doesn't recognize the international court, calling its decisions "Legally void." He blasted the attempt to go after the recognized head of state of Russia as "Outrageous and unacceptable."
Recent debate at the Hague-based ICC ahead of Friday's announcement certainly put Washington in an awkward position, with Axios pointing out that "The New York Times reported earlier this month that the Pentagon was blocking the Biden administration from sharing U.S. intelligence with the ICC about Russian war crimes in Ukraine for fear that it could set a precedent for prosecuting Americans."
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/arrest-warrant-issued-president-putin-hague-based-icc
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