Biden asserts justification for Putin’s arrest warrant

US President Joe Biden said the International Criminal Court’s warrant for the arrest of Vladimir Putin was justified because the Russian president had committed war crimes.

Source: Biden quoted by The New York Times

Direct speech: “I think this (the ICC warrant for Putin’s arrest – ed.) is justified. Putin has clearly committed war crimes.”

Details: Biden noted that the decision of the court in The Hague to issue a warrant is a “very strong position.”

However, he noted that the United States is not a member of the ICC.

Background:

• In October last year, Maria Lvova-Belova, Commissioner for Children’s Rights under the President of the Russian Federation, told Putin that “adopted” a child abducted from Mariupol. According to her, as of October alone, up to 2,000 orphans were taken to the Russian Federation from social institutions, and 350 children from Donbass have already been “attached” to foster families in 16 regions of the Russian Federation.
• It was reported yesterday that the International Criminal Court is preparing to open two cases of Russian war crimes in Ukraine: in connection with the abduction of Ukrainian children and deliberate Russian attacks against Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure.
• On March 17, the Pre-trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court on Friday issued warrants for the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin in connection with the situation in Ukraine.
• All member countries of the International Criminal Court are now legally required to detain and bring to trial the suspected Russian President Vladimir Putin.
• President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that after the historic decision to issue a warrant for the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin, there should be historical responsibility.