Putin's arrest warrant: the President of the Russian Federation can be judged in absentia - OP

According to the deputy head of the Presidential Office Andriy Smirnov, in fact, the Russian leader has already been charged, and therefore may be made by other topics of the aggressor country. After the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin, he can be judged in absentia. On March 20, it is written by the newspaper "Ukrainian News" with reference to the deputy head of the Presidential Office Andriy Smirnov.

OP noted that the warrant for the arrest of Vladimir Putin means that "the world has struck a powerful blow" on the top officials of Russia. "This decision of the ISS gave its legal assessment of the importance of personal immunity of officials of the Russian Federation. Now it [Putin] can judge in absentia," Smirnov said. The deputy chairman of the OP also noted that in fact the Russian leader was already accused.

On March 17, the International Criminal Court ruled on the issuance of a warrant for the arrest of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and the Commissioner under the President of the Russian Federation on the rights of the child Maria Lviv-Belova in connection with the illegal movement of children from Ukraine.

On the same day, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin stated that the Russian leader now has the official status of the suspect in committing an international crime, and beyond the Russian Federation he should be delayed and transferred to court.

We will also remind, the former judge of the International Criminal Court Volodymyr Vasylenko said that the warrant obliges Vladimir Putin to appear in the Hague Court for testimony, but if he does not, Interpol will declare the President in the international wanted list. On March 17, the United States President Joe Biden said that the decision of the International Criminal Court to issue a warrant for the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin was justified.