Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Nebenzia slams the ICC’s decision to issue an arrest warrant for Putin as illegal
permanent representative Russia To UN Vasily Nebenzya appreciated the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue an arrest warrant against the Russian President Vladimir Poutine. His words convey RIA News.
As noted by Nebenzya, the Russian side does not recognize the ICC decision and also called it illegal. He added that the current situation is “absolutely outrageous”.
Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court attached the decision to issue arrest warrants for Putin and Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova with the situation on Ukraine. The ICC statement says it is linked to the “illegal export of children” from Ukraine.
However, the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov remindedWhat Moscow does not recognize the jurisdiction of the ICC. The official spokesperson commented on the situation in the same way. Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, notingthat Russia is not a party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.