Russian Foreign Ministry on Putin's Arrest in Mongolia According to ICC

Neither Ukraine nor the International Criminal Court (ICC) has anything in common with concepts of law and justice; they cannot make independent decisions.

This was stated by Maria Zakharova, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, while commenting on Kyiv's ratification of the ICC's Rome Statute with reservations. Earlier, Ukraine had ratified the Rome Statute with the condition of delaying the Court's jurisdiction over its citizens for seven years.

“The authority of both the Kyiv regime and the ICC is well-known. Neither is independent and neither has any connection to law or justice. In this case, the 'minus times minus' does not yield a 'plus', but rather squares the illegality,” Zakharova commented.

On September 2, Putin visited a country that recognizes the jurisdiction of the ICC and is supposed to arrest him. That country is Mongolia, whose authorities invited the Russian president to participate in the ceremonial events dedicated to the 85th anniversary of the military victory of Soviet and Mongolian troops over Japan at the Khalkhin Gol River.

The European Union has called on Mongolia to arrest Putin.