ICC issues arrest warrant against Russian President Putin over Ukrainian children abduction

MOSCOW-(MaraviPost)-An arrest warrant has been issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Russia President Vladimir Putin for alleged war crimes relating to the abduction of Ukrainian children.

This follows war between Russia and Ukraine since February 2022.

But in brief telephone conference call with BBC journalist on Friday evening, March 17, 2023, Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov had this response to the ICC arrest warrant for President Putin:

“The very question [raised by the ICC] is outrageous and unacceptable. Russia, along with several other states, does not recognise the jurisdiction of that court and thus any decisions of this kind for Russia are null and void from a legal point of view.”

Peskov declined to take any further questions on the subject.

More to come………

Lloyd M’bwana

I’m a Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resource (LUANAR)’s Environmental Science graduate (Malawi) and UK’s ICM Journalism and Media studies scholar. Also University of Malawi (UNIMA) Library Science Scholar. I have been The Malawi Country Manager and duty editor for the Maravi Post since 2019. My duty editor’s job is to ensure that the news is covered properly, that it is delivered on time, and that it is created to the standards set out in the editorial guidelines of the Maravi Post.