Dmytro Buryak: The Hague has issued a warrant for Putin’s arrest

International Criminal Court in The Hague published authorization for the arrest of Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation under the President for Children’s Rights, Maria Lvova-Belova. They should be arrested for war crimes: illegal deportation of the population and illegal transfer of the population from the occupied regions of Ukraine to the Russian Federation, which harmed Ukrainian children. By the way, these two points are also included in ethnocide – in fact, the genocide of a certain ethnic group, but the UN has not yet recognized it. Now Putin and Belova can be arrested in 122 countries of the world.

It seems that the collective West put an end to the persona of Putin right now, in the second step, after recognition he is guilty of shooting down a Boeing 777. We will remind that this happened two months after the final verdict of the court. First condemned only Girkin, Dubinsky and Kharchenko, there was not a word about the ruler of the Kremlin.

“The wheels of justice are turning: I welcome the decision of the International Court of Justice to issue arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova for the forced transfer of Ukrainian children. International criminals will be held responsible for child theft and other international crimes,” – reacted to the news, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba

Of course, the press secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Maria Zakharova called the order “nonsensical” because Russia is not a party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and “does not bear any obligations under it.”

Note that now Putin can hide from justice, in addition to the Russian Federation, in Turkey, China, several countries of the Persian Gulf and almost all of Asia. The legal noose tightened around his throat.

“The first step is important. There are good reasons to believe that Putin is responsible for these war crimes and many others,” – said Jordash Wayne, Kyiv-based international human rights lawyer and managing partner of Global Rights Compliance and added that these should only be the first warrants.

Prime Minister of Estonia Kaia Kallas congratulated sentence:

“One step closer to doomsday. With the first arrest warrant for Putin, the ICC is sending a historic signal: all atrocities against Ukraine stem from the criminal policies of Russian leaders. We remind you that no one is safe, not even heads of state. The Russian regime will be held accountable.”

The current ruler of the Kremlin can be arrested in all countries of Europe, Latin America, most of the countries of North America and even Africa – a total of 122 countries.

“Putin is undoubtedly responsible for war crimes and must also stand trial for the crime of aggression. I welcome the fact that the International Criminal Court has agreed to issue an arrest warrant for Putin,” – expressed himself Jan Lipavsky, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic,

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia Edgars Rinkevičs greeted arrest warrant and noted “the absence of impunity for those who violate international law.”

“The Netherlands supports ICC in its important task of combating impunity for war crimes and crimes against humanity. We will do our best to The ISS could safely and independently perform this difficult task,” – noted Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Wopke Hoekstra.

It seems that there will be no more calls from Emmanuel Macron and persuasions about negotiations, it took more than a year for the West, but it is starting to learn the language that Putin will understand.