Foreign Policy

Kremlin calls ICC arrest warrant for Putin ‘outrageous and unacceptable’

By Mike Brest
Published March 17, 2023 8:34pm ET
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Kremlin calls ICC arrest warrant for Putin ‘outrageous and unacceptable’
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he attends a celebration of a Year of Teachers and Mentors in the country in 2023 at the Mashuk Knowledge Center in Pyatigorsk, via videoconference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 2, 2023. | (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russian leaders were quickly critical of the arrest warrant that the International Criminal Court issued for President Vladimir Putin based on alleged crimes committed in Ukraine.

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International Criminal Court Russia Russia-Ukraine War Vladimir Putin War Crimes