ICC issues arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin over war crimes

The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin for war crimes because of his alleged involvement in the abduction of children from Ukraine.
Putin “is allegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of population (children) and that of unlawful transfer of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation,” the court said in a statement.
It also issued a warrant Friday for the arrest of Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, the Commissioner for Children’s Rights in the Office of the President of the Russian Federation on similar allegations.
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[@yhzohar2735]

1 million Iraqis died including babies, pregnant women!!! WHERE ARE THE ARREST WARRANTS FOR THAT!!! 😢

[@Aqil336]

It’s not International Criminal Court, it’s just America Criminal Court 😂😂😂

[@penzman]

Now GW Bush and company for Iraq and what else.

[@lombe-andrewmusonda17]

Quiet during the invasion of iraq, Libya, bombing of Syria etc but now they want to bark lol 😂

[@mriphone1000]

Plenty of our politicians need arrest warrants too.

[@martynbeer8401]

Assange exposed the USA war crimes.

[@kc3718]

Blair and Bush also ?

[@designerjayuk]

Is this the same warrant Tony Blair had?

[@MiZtErNiCe]

The Iraqis have left the chat 🤲🏻🇮🇶

[@sleepyjoe7843]

USA is not in ICC for a reason. 😅

[@Quantum-Omega]

I would like to see how far they get going in to Russia and telling Putin he is under arrest, this isn't going to end well.

[@sunnyvirk725]

Arrest warrant should be issued for all criminal politicians present and past...

[@ARASantiteroristiniuoperacijur]

What about Bush and Obama.

[@sharkymoon422]

Maybe they need to issue one for Tony Blair and Bush for ‘their’ illegal war in Iraq?

[@well-blazeredman6187]

Good - but arrest warrants should have been issued against every Russian unit commander associated with any war crimes, from about April of last year. That would have put pressure on Putin, from below.

[@didierblanch827]

Hypocrisy system.

[@David_Bower]

It's only symbolic, if the ICC thought there was any real chance of the warrant ever being executed, then they wouldn't have announced it publicly.

[@johnseabrook1703]

I can’t remember Blair getting one, he definitely deserved one.

[@adamhodgson4185]

Our politicians are worst , p.s good luck with that hahahah

[@johntimbrell]

In the meantime Blair, Fauci, Whitty and Hancock reamain free.