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AMSTERDAM, March 17 (Reuters) – International A crime Court (ICC) on Friday Russia President Vladimir Putin regarding the illegal deportation of children from Ukraine military accusing him of being responsible for the crime, issued a warrant for his arrest.
Moscow has repeatedly denied accusations that its forces committed atrocities during its year-long occupation of its neighbor.
The spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, said on the Telegram channel that the arrest warrants of the BCM “have no meaning for our country, including from a legal point of view.”
He added that Russia is not a party to the Rome Statute, which forms the basis of the world’s permanent war crimes tribunal.
BCM Ukraine In the first warrant related to the illegal deportation of children and people Ukraine from the territory Russia Putin suspected of illegal transfer to the Federation imprisonment called to do.
The Kremlin did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Reuters earlier this week news it is expected that the court will issue a warrant.
Separately court of Russia Child The Commissioner for Rights issued a warrant to Maria Lvova-Belova on the same charge.
Russia does not hide the program that brought thousands of Ukrainian children to Russia, on the contrary, it presents it as a humanitarian campaign to protect orphaned and abandoned children in the conflict zone.
Prosecutor of the ICC, Karim Khan, is possible in Ukraine a year ago military started an investigation into crimes, crimes against humanity and genocides. He has emphasized during his four visits to Ukraine that he is looking into alleged crimes against children and the targeting of civilian infrastructure.
BCM’s statement says that Putin of Ukraine such as illegal deportation from the occupied territories to the Russian Federation military accused of a crime.
“The crimes date back to at least February 24, 2022 of Ukraine it is alleged to have been committed in the occupied territory. Mr. Putin’s personal for the crimes mentioned above crime there are reasonable grounds to believe that he is responsible.”
Reporting by Bart Meijer; Edited by Gareth Jones and Frank Jack Daniel
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2023-03-17 20:07:18
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