Russia reacts to International Criminal Court warrants, calls it 'outrageous and unacceptable'
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that any decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague is null and void for the Russian Federation.The Kremlin said on Friday that an arrest warrant for war crimes issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague against Russian President Vladimir Putin was outrageous, but meaningless with respect to Russia.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia found the very questions raised by the ICC "outrageous and unacceptable", but noted that Russia, like many other countries, did not recognise the jurisdiction of the ICC."And accordingly, any decisions of this kind are null and void for the Russian Federation from the point of view of law."
Asked if Putin now feared travelling to countries that recognised the ICC and might therefore try to arrest him, Peskov told reporters: "I have nothing to add on this subject. That's all we want to say."
