Moscow: The International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant towards Russian President Vladimir Putin has “no meaning” for the nation, “including from a “authorized viewpoint” as the nation had withdrawn from the ICC treaty in 2016, a spokeswoman for the ministry of foreign affairs said, CNN reported. Rejecting the warrant on Friday, Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the ministry of foreign affairs, said, “Russia isn’t a member of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and bears no obligations below it. Russia doesn’t cooperate with this physique, and attainable [pretences] for arrest coming from the International Court of Justice shall be legally null and void for us.”
Russia isn’t a member of Rome Statute of ICC & bears no obligations below it. Russia would not cooperate with this physique & attainable warrants for arrest coming from the International Court of Justice shall be legally null and void for us: Russian Foreign Ministry Spox Maria Zakharova https://t.co/oYNeQeFroN pic.twitter.com/pFcIqI6oEo
— ANI (@ANI) March 18, 2023
Meanwhile, former Russian President and deputy chair of the Security Council of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, in contrast the ICC’s arrest warrant for Putin to bathroom paper.
Taking to Twitter, Medvedev stated, “The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant against Vladimir Putin. No need to explain WHERE this paper should be used,” with the bathroom paper emoji.
The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant towards Vladimir Putin. No want to clarify WHERE this paper needs to be used.
— Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) March 17, 2023
Earlier, ICC on Friday issued an arrest warrant towards Russian President and Russian official Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova for the alleged scheme to deport Ukrainian kids to Russia, reported CNN.
The Hague-based ICC accused the Russian president of duty for battle crimes dedicated by Russian forces in Ukraine in the course of the battle that has been ongoing for over a yr.
The Hague-based courtroom stated in an announcement on Friday that Putin “is allegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of the population (children) and that of unlawful transfer of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation”.It additionally issued a warrant for the arrest of Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, the commissioner for youngsters`s rights within the workplace of the president of the Russian Federation on related allegations, reported Al Jazeera.
Russia didn’t instantly remark following the ICC`s transfer on Friday. Russia denies committing atrocities because it invaded Ukraine in February final yr.
The warrants got here a day after a United Nations-backed inquiry accused Russia of committing wide-ranging battle crimes in Ukraine, together with the compelled deportations of kids in areas it controls, reported Al Jazeera.
The UN genocide conference defines “forcibly transferring children of the group to another group” as one among 5 acts that may be prosecuted as genocide. However, the profitable extradition of President Putin might show a far higher problem as Russia doesn’t recognise the jurisdiction of the worldwide prison courtroom in The Hague, reported DW News.
Russia denies intentionally harming civilians however its defence ministry has claimed to have focused Ukraine`s vitality infrastructure.
Russia signed the Rome statute, which governs the ICC, in 2000 however by no means ratified the settlement to turn out to be a member. It formally withheld its signature from the founding statute of the ICC in 2016, a day after the courtroom printed a report classifying the Russian annexation of Crimea as an occupation.
Since Russia`s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Kremlin has severed ties with a number of distinguished worldwide organisations, deepening the nation`s isolation from the west.Â
