Will Russia‘s Vladimir Putin really ever be arrested following ICC issuing warrant?


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The International Criminal Court has taken the major step of issuing an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin over the Ukrainian war. But does this mean the Russian president, accused of the war crime of deporting children, is really ever likely to stand trial in The Hague? How could it happen? ICC member states are obliged to carry out the arrest warrants on Putin and Russia‘s presidential commissioner for children’s rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, if they travel to their countries. “That‘s right,” ICC prosecutor Karim Khan told AFP when asked if Putin would be liable for arrest if he set foot in...