The publication clarifies that the pre-trial chamber of the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin and children’s ombudsman Maria Lvova-Belova the day before. Russia does not recognize the jurisdiction of this body.
“Today’s ICC decision has nothing to do with justice, but demonstrates the deepest crisis in international law provoked by the West,” Kosachev said.
He called the decision to arrest the President of the Russian Federation “egregious” and “unprecedented.” Kosachev recalled that in 2006 the International Criminal Court was investigating Washington’s crimes in Afghanistan. During the proceedings, it turned out that the United States transported 234 Afghan children to its territory. As a result, the head of the United States Donald Trump issued a decree blocking individuals associated with the ICC.
Kosachev expressed confidence that in the current conditions Russia has every legal basis to impose tough sanctions against the International Criminal Court, as well as its judges and officials. He also thought about creating an institutional court that would be an alternative to the ICC.
