After the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says that the court’s decision will have dire consequences for international law.
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Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said today, Monday, that “the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin” will have serious consequences for international law.
Medvedev wrote on the messaging application “Telegram”: “They decided to prosecute the president … a nuclear power that does not participate in the International Criminal Court like the United States and other countries,” adding: “The consequences for international law will be dire.”
Earlier, the Russian President’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, responded to the ICC’s decision and confirmed that “Russia does not recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court,” stressing that “any decisions of the court are invalid from a legal point of view.”
Last Friday, the Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court, whose jurisdiction is not recognized by the Russian Federation, issued an “arrest” warrant against Putin and Russia’s Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Maria Lvova Belova, in connection with the war in Ukraine.
For his part, US President Joe Biden considered the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against his Russian counterpart “justified” and claimed that “Putin clearly committed war crimes in Ukraine.”
