Putin visits Crimea on annexation anniversary as he faces ICC arrest warrant

Nine years ago, Russia annexed the peninsula of Crimea from Ukraine and on Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to the region to celebrate the anniversary.
It comes one day after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for the Russian leader, accusing him of war crimes. It specifically accused him of bearing personal responsibility for the abductions of children from Ukraine during Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Mackenzie Gray reports on how people responded to Putin's arrival, and takes a closer look at what the ICC warrant means for the Russian president.
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[@gmo882]

LOL when will US war criminals be arrested? 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@MoeCamera]

Or North Korea or volodymyr zelensky

[@atatat54321]

You know what? The US also doesn’t recognize the ICC which just must drive you RuZZia trolls bonkers because ‘whatabout’ doesn’t work! This is the rest of the world condemning your master.

[@passurlamer]

Hope Putler enjoys his vacations in Syria

[@solomonike1709]

@@passurlamer ,and enjoy yours in west

[@frankcastle2045]

​@@passurlamer at least they know what gender they are 🤡

[@lol311]

Issuing arrest warrant against Putin is like freezing water near Sun.

[@JagLCUK]

💯🫡

[@RodneyWolfram]

@Зая Ядерная come to g20 meeting, we will laugh with you...really...

[@solomonike1709]

@@RodneyWolfram , if West try and arrest puttin, it will be the end of the world, Mark my work,

[@katerynarusakova6176]

We can feel your pain, russian orcs.

[@engineerprototype9191]

or frying eggs on ice

[@Parlimant_Strifey]

Global news really taking that ICC warrant seriously this time. Seemingly ignores them historically, somehow special this time.

[@CGplay186]

Parlimant Strifey their warrant means nothing, really can't do anything no leader ever hand out their leader willingly regardless of crimes, only possible way can be done is too invade Russia, will any take the huge sacrifices needed over Ukraine, highly unlikely, is usually only done when lot of power can be grabbed or some country want to steal oil from but Russia is a superpower so is a bit different than, if Russia goes on invading more countries, then perhaps it will be done

[@zeeeb]

This time it's not an American so it must mean it's important to honour!

[@jkhan337]

Cool, now do Bush and Cheney for Iraq

[@serpentphoenix]

What war crimes did Bush and Cheney commit? did they forcibly deport children from their homes?

[@120bank8]

so cool

[@useryggfdcc]

Obama too. Real war criminal

[@Humblebaptiste]

Was just thinking the same

[@PatrickWilliamsI]

The ICC Kangaroo Court indictment would have some bite if US war criminals were before it. This indictment just proves Russia's point of US hegemony.

[@Cyril29a]

Don't let perfection be the enemy of good

[@PatrickWilliamsI]

@Cy Cyril I guess you subscribe to the Golden Rule: "He who has the gold makes the rule." That means the West will always be doing good even when standing over the graves of a million Iraqis.

[@elchichi]

@@Cyril29a spot on, mate!

[@freddykruger1086]

Lol the usa still consider the icc to be a kangouroo court.

[@akaalisbenjamin2093]

I've learned to love who the media tells me to hate, and to hate whom they tell me to love.

[@livestock9722]

Pretty much sums it up.

[@SchultzDorinda]

Samrtest decision one could possibly make 👍🏻

[@TylesBrain]

Hypocrisy

[@ACsummermonkey]

Taking children away from parents is more along the lines of what the Scandinavian countries do, not Russia.

[@rahn45]

He's gonna be facing that arrest warrant for the rest of his life, and the media is gonna keep milking it for all its worth.

[@jeffmcdougall6835]

Missed a doorwas

[@MoeCamera]

The real criminal is volodymyr zelensky

[@user-Mamont]

Доилка не выросла!

[@thebigyeeter4282]

And what exactly is this piece of paper supposed to do?

[@canconservative8976]

The warrant doesn't apply in the USA or CHINA.... start with that.

[@_LlVE_]

ICC: **Issued an arrest warrant for Putin.** Putin: Oh no! Anyway...

[@dosmundos3830]

Russia should just pass a law like America did in 2002 to keep Bush from being indicted by the ICC.

[@pararanthecaveman]

right? lmao

[@katerynarusakova6176]

There are no laws in russia. Don’t you know about it?

[@maxmeista]

@@katerynarusakova6176 With that last name... are you a russian bot?

[@imdraaaven2761]

@@maxmeista I think that might be an Ukrainian since the letter "Y" is used a lot in their names. This is case, KaterYna.

[@joellyos]

Doesn’t GW Bush have the same arrest warrant?

[@josephbolton5199]

He should, but that doesn't mean Putin is innocent.

[@daryldarichuk2149]

​@@josephbolton5199 he must be innocent if bush is on there and not arrested

[@DarrylGold]

He does but the US issued a ruling back in 02 that if anyone tried to arrest him the US was allowed to use military force to retrieve him.

[@deneenhill5913]

Canada took more than 150,000 children’s from Indigenous families. Where are the charges of crimes against humanity???

[@fittestofthefittest]

Best most truthful comment so far

[@EyFmS]

They where denounced and reparations made, priests that are still alive and where involved have arrest warrants. What more do you want? Stop changing the subject, dictator apologist.

[@Girtharmstrong69]

Russia killed over 10 million ethnic minorities in siberia and ukraine in the 30s so stfu

[@gcharb2d]

Most of these were the Catholic Church doing, but the Canadian govt closed their eyes on the matter!

[@deneenhill5913]

@@gcharb2d the government legislated it, funded and asked the church to administer the religious conformity, they agreed. Church and state are equally responsible. IT WAS A GENOCIDE which continues today in a more passive manner, not so overt. It’s easy to rea search this, nothing is hidden because the government and church are shameless

[@jozefciszewski2074]

ICC, what about Bush and Blair? Did you forget? People around the world still remember.

[@spartjovic]

"International" law only applies when it's convenient 👀

[@roubartnekola5896]

ICC? Is that the international clown court

[@michaell4034]

google: United States played a central role in the establishment of the Rome Statute that created the ICC, the United States is not a State Party.

[@alikabogatyreva9594]

😂

[@paul-np3hf]

But really sucks

[@Mjet403]

I believe Today’s News as as much as Saturday Night Live nothing but a Joke 😂😂

[@MetaView7]

ICC should also charge Bush Biden Obama Nuland. Too late for Albright.

[@egukoucu]

The west is beyond repair!

[@antiquefuturistic]

“Faces arrest warrant” Like he is scared of it

[@Cyril29a]

His fear is less relevant than his ability to operate.

[@mnufeld8448]

Means he cant go to at least 100 countries,half the world ,or any such G 20 countries .. also ask Slobodan Milosevic who stood trial eventually,, the long arm of the law .. for that matter ask Herman Goering who eventually stood before an international tribunal, that being Nuremberg ,and was hung ,or Heinrich Himmler who comitted suicide after being apprehended . so nobody is above the law

[@WDSConstruction]

arrest all the nazis in ukr as well?

[@joellyos]

The Left likes THOSE Nazis

[@paul-np3hf]

Go to try

[@SchultzDorinda]

Don't worry Putin's taking care of that. God love him 🇷🇺

[@paul-np3hf]

@@SchultzDorinda 🇷🇺🚽🪠

[@andrewmanduluru7870]

That time global tried to pass me off as a syrian refugee lol

[@downsouth1678]

I'm curious, can you elaborate?

[@ohoia4394]

Texas decided to join the United States Texas can leave the United States and its mafia elite that now only represses Texas Blessed are the children of Texas because they have happiness and true security with independence

[@antoninagarkalna1444]

The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague quietly and shamelessly acquitted former President Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia and Yugoslavia. Ten years after the very suspicious death of the Serbian leader in a Dutch prison, on page 1,300 of a 2,000-page document on the Karadzic case, the Bosnian Serb leader, The judges admitted that Milosevic had not committed crimes against humanity and had not organized the massacres or the deportation of Croats and Bosniaks. In other words, an innocent man died in a UN prison. The NATO military aggression against Yugoslavia, the collapse of the country, and the accusation of Milosevic’s genocide were the final rehearsals of the war that the West was preparing against Russia. Serbia was then the only republic of the former Yugoslavia without ethnic cleansing. This is fundamentally contrary to what Western media wrote. On the other hand, everyone stubbornly ignores that the Serbs have been expelled from Krajina (Croatia) in a completely creepy way. I am referring to the criminal Nazi actions of pro-Christian Nazi gangs. By the way, the same methods are now in use in the East of Ukraine. As it turns out, it will probably take us 10 years to learn what is really happening in Ukraine, as it took 10 years for the whole secret truth about Yugoslavia to come out. Remember that the Western media were silent about Iraq, and later on about Libya. They were silent about the flagrant crimes committed in the territory of Yugoslavia.

[@MrSeekerOfPeace]

God bless Croatia. I hope Serbians understand they're on the losing side.

[@alikabogatyreva9594]

@@MrSeekerOfPeace no comments 🤡

[@Srbazo]

@@MrSeekerOfPeace so u go where ever wind blows...tough guy

[@Euroleoleo]

stop feeding people lies! she said in Russian "i was able to talk to my kids every day" translation was totally different and this is Global News???

[@donc7984]

What do you expect from MSM propaganda

[@virtuitousvampire9371]

Over 400 children have been killed by Russians. 400 children were returned out of the 16,000 they took away from families. It’s disgusting what they have done to these poor children.

[@Euroleoleo]

What do you think they done to them? Let's see... Brought them to safe place, and sent back home when possible?

[@donc7984]

@@virtuitousvampire9371 Wheres your bleeding heart for the 5 million killed collectively between the USA and Britain in Iraq?

[@virtuitousvampire9371]

@@Euroleoleo they could have been taken to Ukraine as they are Ukrainian children. What the Russians have done is against the Geneva conventions of war. You NEVER STEAL ANOTHER COUNTRIES CHILDREN FROM WHERE THEY LIVE. That’s what Nazis do.

[@Coroy2008]

Pure propaganda

[@georgespongey127]

Whos going to arrest him? The guys surrounded by security and soldiers constantly

[@captainanabolic7222]

ICC isn’t a real court. 😂😂😂

[@paul-np3hf]

But sucks

[@elchichi]

You’re not a real court

[@captainanabolic7222]

@@elchichi no one even recognizes it 😂😂

[@johndorian3685]

and russia is not a real country (a gas station pretending to be a country) . what is your point?

[@Sophie-kb3oq]

@@captainanabolic7222 ikr! only most of europe, most of south america, significant portions of Africa, canada, mexico, austrialia and new zealand. you know 123 states smh

[@googleapocalypse1967]

George W Bush also has a warrant. Except Afghanistant didn't have a referendum to join the US.

[@yuj2251]

There was a rats meeting, says "cat is horrible. We should put a bell on cat, then cat can not approach us quietly." Guess do they make it?!

[@__-ge2qh]

They accused him in saving children from war field territory to safety, that is incense.

[@Aaron-rw3lv]

War criminal visits cite of war crimes for the last time.

[@syndicat4847]

happy anniversary Crimea

[@alikabogatyreva9594]

Thank you ❤️

[@paul-np3hf]

Time go back to Ukraine

[@Austyn_Young7]

❤❤

[@musicjeffyoung]

Let's see some real reporting on the causes of this totally avoidable and terrible war.

[@milangiri6416]

No matter wherever he will go in the future , I don’t think any countries will risk detaining or arresting Him. This news channels are hilarious 😂

[@angelcraig9912]

Good about time he’s a monster

[@sharon1775]

SICK

[@machosvillas4621]

He doesn't look worried

[@Erhudreamer]

What? For cleaning out biolabs in Ukraine? I'm sure he's being 'arrested' to have/give his debriefing.

[@Nerdyahmods]

Ohhhh the irony…

[@tomzamp8547]

Everyday that goes by Mr Putin gains even more respect from me and from most of the world

[@jacobgazzellone8938]

kidnapping earns respect? I think you should review your moral compass.

[@tomzamp8547]

@@jacobgazzellone8938 you better take history lessons Iraq, Syria, Yugoslavia, Libya , Lebanon, Afghanistan and many other places the West slaughtered and turned many children and their families into immigrants based on lies. Today history is repeating itself the West continues to LIE

[@jordanturner5278]

​@Jacob Gazzellone as if our governments don't kidnap people, grow up

[@spadetrotter7400]

@@jacobgazzellone8938 don’t feed the bots.

[@frankcastle2045]

​@@jacobgazzellone8938 then arrest Biden not Trump for what they are doing at the US Mexico border 🙄

[@drumswest5035]

Do they really think Putin gives a crap about the ICC? I highly doubt it, whos going to go in and arrest him?

[@henrikarboejensen812]

How can they shake this doubles hand?. A criminal Slavic terminator. What is the gain?.What is the hope?.

[@paul-np3hf]

Zero

[@useryggfdcc]

Issue one for Trudeau too.

[@crystalidx]

If Putin is your hero, immigrant to Russia.

[@dageda9827]

Global News like international Joke

[@xstorm_8_shadowx]

Go Putin 😂 I didn’t see Putin stick his nose in the US’s business when we attacked Iraq…. Plenty of crimes were committed there.

[@spatialmetaverse]

No but Syria a couple years later…

[@passurlamer]

Did America wholesale level Iraqi cities as their only war strategy?

[@zachcarter3186]

​@@passurlamer Didnt the states launch missiles consistently killing thousands in their " war on terror "

[@xstorm_8_shadowx]

@@passurlamer We killed plenty of innocent people and swept it under the rug. One innocent life is one to many. It’s still not our business what happens over there & we have sent multiple billions of tax US payers $ to one of the top 10 most corrupt Countries in the world.

[@xstorm_8_shadowx]

@@zachcarter3186 Yep

[@Floccinaucinihilipilificator]

So much disinformation in this comment section I thought I'd add some facts. "In March 2021, Russia began a military build-up, amassing up to 190,000 soldiers at Ukraine's borders. Russian government officials denied plans to attack Ukraine up to the day before the invasion." The 3 day "special military operation" has lasted 1 year, 3 weeks and 2 days so far (today march 19 2023), in other words, 129.33 times longer than planned by the Russian military so far with no end in sight. ''Russian forces have likely suffered up to approximately 200,000 casualties since the start of their invasion of Ukraine'' "Russia has likely lost more than 2,000 tanks in its war in Ukraine" "Ukraine is approximately 603,550 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 2,733% larger than Ukraine." "Russia is 1.8 times larger than America. Despite the extensive land area, Russia hosts only 2% of the world's population while the U.S. ranks third in world population"

[@amernisar5439]

icc lost its credibility

[@settim2]

Comedy Central moved to Global News.

[@Wicknews8100]

These kids are fine, over reactors

[@matthewtaal6349]

Why is our country even getting involved at all in this war..? We have our own issues to deal with in Canada.

[@freedomruss]

Distraction from Chinese takeover of our political institutions AND Christina Freeland has a beef against Russians. 🤷‍♂️

[@physics77guy]

@Orinavor Hay votes as there is a very strong ukrainian community and US

[@matthewtaal6349]

@Orinavor Hay yes well aware of that😅

[@bettyliu9069]

He is such a jerk, and I don't understand why those civilians still put up with him! 😠

[@mikeass242]

Because you seen what happens to Russian that don't agree with Putin they are scared of Putin they don't want it they are forced by fear because Putin is a bully with power

[@SchultzDorinda]

Because they know the truth. Putin is saving his country from Nazis. Of course they love him

[@Ghodzilla]

he still doesn't go far without his witch doctor

[@graymalkin26]

Wow he took a huge risk traveling with that ICC warrant hanging over his head.

[@iremakinde3853]

putin just said come get me

[@canadianmonte]

Why is he still breathing?

[@TheInfurnos]

Can we get arrest warrants for those NATO members that crapped all over the Minsk accord? They started this after all.

[@orcsunited6421]

He just flew closer so western world could have a better chance to arrest him. That is tho if they will figure how many genders there are 😂

[@virtuitousvampire9371]

You mean his body double. That’s not him.

[@expatalan6511]

God will punish him.

[@SchultzDorinda]

With love. Putin is saving his people, eliminating Nazis, and playing he West in their game, accelerate their demise. He is literally saving the world from the thousands of years of corruption and evil bit by bit. He also did why the so called good guys never did. Actually helping Africa. He bought off their debts for starters.

[@cosmicrust9715]

0:55 Only Truly Evil People See Saving Children as a Crime🤦

[@blazing910]

Bro kidnapping children from their parents isn’t saving them

[@passurlamer]

Da Ivan! Russia is world saviour only interested in fairness and peace! Lucky Ukraine to have its cities destroyed for free!

[@dom40864]

@@blazing910 not kidnapping lol… the translation was even wrong… zelenskoid forces kids bow to go fight..

[@dosmundos3830]

@@blazing910 they are orphaned children

[@SchultzDorinda]

​@@blazing910 not kidnapped, brought yo a safe place away from war. Plus the Ukrainians use the populace as human shields. Now they are even forcing minors and old people to fight. Those are war crimes.

[@_Ambition124]

This laughable at most

[@knowledgelover2736]

Funny. My ex wife says the same thing to my kids and our courts side with her. Hypocrites.

[@JamesMcNeillmcneilmortgages]

Propaganda TV. Is this what our tax dollars is buying?

[@davidlopan9614]

Based.

[@mohdrana4325]

International comedy circus 😂😂

[@oracleofottawa]

Putin Farewell Tour 2023.....

[@mikemakar2326]

Who cares.

[@kucinganyut9578]

How about bush in IRAQ ? Nothing ? So funny this clowns

[@nowthisisfuuun]

No, Putin did not. You're welcome.

[@ol9363]

Still waiting for Tony Blair & George Bush ICC arrest warrants 20 years later🤔

[@frankcastle2045]

Go Russia Go 😁👍🏻

[@bobthekobb]

It will make business dealings a bit more difficult in a few countries, but wont do anything else. Hes a standard crappy leader. Before Ukraine, people thought his military was huge and dangerous. Funny world.

[@user-ob7pv4vt5u]

The children are safer in Russia.

[@virtuitousvampire9371]

Taken away from their families? Same thing the Nazis did. Re-educated against their home country is indeed genocide and Putler will be hung for his war crimes.

[@paul-np3hf]

They will be send to war

[@ramehm]

international law 🤣

[@martinbreznicky5871]

All the world is laughing at ICC.😅😅😅

[@atatat54321]

Ummm the ICC kinda is the world so…I guess it’s RuZZia we’re laughing at.

[@paul-np3hf]

In Hague not

[@dosmundos3830]

@@atatat54321 The ICC isn't the World lol It's not India, China, USA, Iran, Israel, Ukraine, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan or about 60 other nations 😂

[@SchultzDorinda]

​@@atatat54321 ICC is nothing. It's not even recognized by the USA 😅 And since they never put warrant arrests for Blair, Bush, Obama, etc, it has no credibility. Just like Western Media and Western Governments, everything they say is the exact opposite of truth. Therefore Putin is a Hero. And he actually is, he didn't kidnapped those kids, he saved them from a war zone, something the West never did. The US slaughtered children in its many wars. Illegal Wars, in countries they invaded, then left in ruins.

[@marshallmintz7564]

Not the "man" who made it happen....but instead the "deranged dwarf" that made it all possible.

[@user-fc7ze9rs2v]

He is not only a deranged dwarf - he is a vicious drug addict and fascist, exterminating his own people, forcing them to flee to Russia to save their lives. Such is the idol of the West, Zelensky.

[@laser69beam]

And that’s not what the lady says at 1:15…. Wow you blatantly lie. She said “we could talk every day” and that’s not what I heard from you

[@Girtharmstrong69]

I'm surprised anyone is still actually living there, but it's all old people like 4 kids

[@leealexander3998]

I don't hear you guys reporting on the injustice people are facing under Justin Trudeau.

[@marshallmintz7564]

The bot-boi's are out in full force below.....as they say "our little dwarf is tiny and sports a real tiny manhood, but we love him to bits".

[@MrSeekerOfPeace]

Crimea isn't occupied. Ukraine has a 0% chance of capturing it without total air superiority.

[@RodneyWolfram]

assuming the rest of ukraine is made ukraine, how exactly would they defend from a parking lot?

[@paul-np3hf]

Himars do great job

[@katerynarusakova6176]

Russian orc, you will find out soon enough.

[@katya9020]

Wow ,People look happy. I wished we would love our president like russians love Mr Putin.

[@danross395]

I guess canada can expect a visit, we don't arrest people for war crimes. Geneva convention ?

[@krymz1]

Nah we love to do double standards when it's not for someone from our mafia

[@mattkeeling2852]

Putin visit is just a stunt for the cameras. 😅

[@HighBanker]

HEY DADS Let's go get him well were there we don't ask nicely bring them children Home. Tonight when you put yours to sleep tell me again you will think about it.... It's easy to see there is no Military in Russian controll that wants any part of this. I for one am absulootly Discusted how any man woman can involve children in a absulootly selfish idiotic President war. It's time to bring moms dads back there children this is pathetic

[@Base1969]

ICC 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ddavfox]

i could put a Z on my car

[@sovietunionjack1505]

Ready, aim, FIRE !

[@odysseyguy8706]

You can’t arrest Putin

[@sheyz1634]

How are you going to detain the most powerful man in the world? 😂😂😂😂

[@mikeass242]

He is definitely not the most powerful man in the world what kinda meth smoking crack heads were you raised by

[@SchultzDorinda]

They're just bitter because their losing 😂

[@dan55ellis]

They will pay

[@eastcoast2456]

give mnbey to urkaine..give give give

[@laser69beam]

“Occupied” they say.., as locals celebrate ;))) that’s all I need to know

[@abumzbum1869]

Haha, this is hilarious. Such a play.

[@Spaceballz123]

LOL that's a body double. Did you ever notice in some videos Putin is always alone while everyone else is at least 25 meters away while on other videos putin is shaking hands with the public 🤣

[@thegatesofsleep]

First thing I thought when I saw his face. That is not him. Don’t blame him either.

[@user-oj4ix5xr1c]

Just means the “public” he’s meeting is well vetted in advance and it’s all for cameras. Just like our own countrys,it’s a show to stay in office and make the public love you

[@sti_clone3840]

Lol that isn’t Putin

[@katphenakatphena3980]

Icc international clown committee!

[@passurlamer]

Speaking of clowns, how’s that special military operation going??

[@romangesler4676]

ICC 🤣🤣🤣

[@novascotianinfj]

If you want the other sides POV see The Duran, The New Atlas, The REal News Network, Mother of all talk shows...... even that weird actor guy with 6 million awakening wonders is better than this.