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Russian State Duma invents plan to "save" Putin from prosecution in The Hague

25 March, 2023 Saturday

15:15

Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin has called for a ban on the activities of the International Criminal Court in Russia

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Volodin wrote about this on Telegram.

"It is necessary to develop amendments to the legislation that prohibit any activity of the ICC on the territory of our country, as well as to provide for responsibility for assisting and supporting the ICC," Volodin wrote.

He also called for the signing of bilateral agreements with the so-called friendly to Russia countries that would provide for the refusal to deal with the ICC.

"It is important to organize work on concluding bilateral agreements with friendly countries that provide for mutual refusal to cooperate and assist the ICC," Volodin added.

On March 17, the International Criminal Court in The Hague issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Children's Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova.
Representatives of various states and international organizations reacted to the ICC's decision. They were later joined by representatives of the United Kingdom and Canada, who unequivocally supported the court's position.
US President Joe Biden said that the ICC's arrest warrant for Putin was justified because the Russian president had committed war crimes.
On March 19, Germany announced that it would be obliged to detain Vladimir Putin if he appeared on its territory to comply with the decision of the International Criminal Court.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy also reacted to the ICC's decision and emphasized that Russia would be held accountable for every act of terror against Ukraine and its people.
On March 20, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev threatened a precision strike on the building of the International Criminal Court, which issued an arrest warrant for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
On March 21, media reported that Russia plans to hold an informal meeting of the UN Security Council in early April to discuss the deportation of Ukrainian children, which led to the arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin.