Putin to skip Brics summit in Brazil due to ICC arrest warrant
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The ICC issued the warrant in 2023, just over a year after Russia launched its full-scale war against Ukraine, accusing Putin of the war crime of deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine.
Russia denies allegations of war crimes and the Kremlin, which did not sign the ICC's founding treaty, has dismissed the warrant as null and void.
But it means that Putin needs to weigh the risk he might be arrested if he travels to another country that is a signatory to the ICC treaty.
A tourist wearing a Soviet Army hat poses with cardboard images depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in downtown Moscow on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
In 2023 he decided against travelling to one such country, South Africa, for a Brics summit.
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