Putin welcomed in Mongolia despite ICC arrest warrant
On Monday evening, Vladimir Putin arrived in Mongolia. Despite the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court in The Hague, no one put handcuffs on him there. Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian National Security Council, expressed his blunt opinion on the dictator's arrest warrant.
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"The servile European Union expressed 'concern' over Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Mongolia," wrote Dmitry Medvedev, Vice Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, on Telegram, referring to European politicians' statements about Putin's visit to Mongolia.
"If I were the judge and prosecutor of that half-decrepit 'court,' what I would fear most is that one of the lunatics would try to carry out their illegal warrant. In that case, their lives would not be worth more than that s*** piece of paper," Medvedev stated.
Instead of arrest - Welcomed with honours
The visit to Mongolia was the first trip of the Russian dictator since 2023 to a country that had signed the Rome Statute and accepted the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court. Why is this so significant? In 2023, the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Putin. He is accused of committing war crimes during the invasion of Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Putin was welcomed with honours in that country. No one detained him, and no one put him in handcuffs.
"EU expresses regret"
"The EU regrets that Mongolia, a State Party to the Rome Statute of the ICC, did not comply with its obligations under the statute to execute the arrest warrant," said EU diplomatic spokesman Peter Stano in a statement.
