International Criminal Court issued arrest warrant for Putin
Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court on Friday issued warrants for the arrest of Russian President Putin in connection with the situation in Ukraine.
This is reported by Censor.NET with reference to the Euro Integration.
As reported by the press service of the court, on March 17, 2023, the Chamber of Pretrial Proceedings II issued warrants for the arrest of Putin and Maria Oleksiivna Lvova-Belova, who is the representative of the President of the Russian Federation in matters of children.
Putin and Lvova-Belova are suspected of committing the war crime of illegal deportation of children from the occupied regions of Ukraine to the Russian Federation, which took place at least since February 24, 2022.
"The Pretrial Chamber II, on the basis of the requests of the Prosecutor's Office dated February 22, 2023, ruled that there are sufficient grounds to believe that each suspect is responsible for the war crime of illegal deportation of the population and illegal transfer of the population from the occupied regions of Ukraine to the Russian Federation, which caused harm to Ukrainian children ", the message says.
The chamber notes that it considers arrest warrants secret "for the purpose of protecting victims and witnesses, as well as for the purpose of ensuring the investigation."
"Nevertheless, bearing in mind that the conduct referred to in this situation is likely to continue, and that public awareness of the warrants may contribute to the prevention of further crimes, the Chamber considers that it is in the interests of justice to authorize the Secretariat to make public the existence of the warrants, the names suspects, the crimes for which the warrants were issued, and the measures of responsibility established by the Chamber", - announced the Acting President of the International Criminal Court Piotr Hofmanskyi
The aforementioned arrest warrants were issued based on motions filed by the prosecutor's office on February 22, 2023.
