International Court issues warrant for Putin for war crime


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The Hague | The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes related to the alleged abduction of children from Ukraine after his invasion of the neighbouring country last year. The tribunal based in The Hague said one of its pre-trial chambers had granted a request from the prosecution filed February 22 for warrants against Putin and for his commissioner for children’s rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, according to a website statement. Russian President Vladimir Putin. AP “There are reasonable grounds to believe that each suspect bears responsibility for the war crime of unlawful deportation...