Russian President Press Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov commented on the decision of the Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue an arrest warrant for former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov.
According to him, Russia does not recognize the jurisdiction of the ICC. He also stated that Moscow finds the ICC’s arrest warrants against Shoigu and Gerasimov absurd, as well as previous arrest warrants against Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Presidential Commissioner for the Rights of the Child Maria Lvova-Belova.
Yesterday the International Criminal Court gave An arrest warrant has been issued for the former head of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Sergei Shoigu, and the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov.
This order was issued by the ICC’s Second Pre-Trial Chamber “in the context of the situation in Ukraine over alleged international crimes” allegedly committed in the period “from at least 10 October 2022 to at least 9 March 2023”.
Official Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Maria Zakharova registeredWashington has said it supports the issuance of arrest warrants against Putin and other representatives of the Russian leadership, but at the same time they themselves have imposed sanctions on the ICC and still do not recognize its jurisdiction. In his opinion, the contradictory attitude of the United States towards ICC decisions speaks of a “layering of consciousness” in the White House.
Previously ICC Maybe Issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country’s Defense Minister Yoav Galant.
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Source: Gazeta
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