Russian President Vladimir Putin has been accused of illegally deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine as part of his invasion, and as a consequence, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant on war crimes charges. That means if Putin crosses into any territory belonging to the court’s 123 member states they are required to arrest him and transfer him to The Hague to face trial.
The Kremlin outright rejected the charges, with spokesman Dmitry Peskov calling the ICC declaration “null and void… outrageous and unacceptable.” Russian parliament speaker called the move hysteria and an act of aggression against Russia, telling the West to keep their hands off Putin.
Russian authorities have long denied any accusations of atrocities or…
