Putin wants to attend an August summit. Host country South Africa doesn’t want to have to arrest him

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Open this photo in gallery: Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a meeting in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on June 17.HOST PHOTO AGENCY RIA NOVOSTI/Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to attend an economic summit in South Africa next month and the country is desperately trying to persuade him to stay away to avoid the legal and diplomatic fallout over his international arrest warrant, South Africa’s deputy president said in an interview with a news website on Friday. As a signatory to the treaty establishing the International Criminal Court, South Africa is obliged to...