President Putin was issued an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court, Russia responded calling this "nonsense"

On March 17, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of committing "war crimes" in Ukraine.

In addition to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) also includes Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia's commissioner for children's rights, with the same charges.

According to the ICC, President Putin is "directly responsible for the conduct", as well as "does not control or allow the civilian and military authorities under his authority to do this".

Reacting to this decision, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called it a "nonsense" action and was not based on any legal basis. "Russia is not a party to the Rome Statute of the ICC so we have no obligation to the court," she said.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the decisions of the ICC are null and void, Russia does not recognize the jurisdiction of the ICC. "This is an unacceptable matter. Russia, like a number of other countries, does not recognize the jurisdiction of this court. Accordingly, any decision of this kind is null and void for Russia in terms of law," he said.

The decision was made by the ICC following an investigation into allegations that Russia committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in connection with the war in Ukraine. ICC prosecutor Karim Khan opened an investigation in Ukraine a year ago. He made trips to Ukraine, stressing that he would look into allegations of crimes against children and targeting of civilian infrastructure.

However, Moscow repeatedly denied this. Russia does not recognize the jurisdiction of the ICC, so it is unclear how the agency will execute the arrest warrant.

Russia signed the Rome Statute on the ICC in 2000, but never ratified it to become a member of the ICC. It withdrew from the treaty in 2016. At the time, Russia was under international pressure for its annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, as well as an air campaign in Syria in support of President Bashar al-Assad. waging war against the insurgents.

After the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Putin, US President Biden also spoke out about the court's jurisdiction and commented on the ICC's subpoena.

US President Biden acknowledged that Washington does not recognize the International Criminal Court (ICC) but agreed with its statements that Russian President Putin had "committed war crimes" in Ukraine.

Speaking to the White House team on March 17, he said that the International Criminal Court was right, but he also pointed out that "the problem is, we don't recognize this court internationally."

Asked by another reporter, Mr Biden replied that Mr Putin "clearly committed war crimes".

Earlier, the US also expressed dissatisfaction with this court in 2020 when ICC prosecutors said they wanted to investigate crimes committed by US service members in Afghanistan.

The ICC was modeled after the US-backed courts in Yugoslavia and Rwanda but the US withdrew from it in 2002. The US also passed a law authorizing the use of "all necessary means and appropriate", including by force, to release any American or national of an ally if they are detained by the ICC.

About 45 countries do not recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, including China, India, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.

The long war between Russia and Ukraine makes the Russian economy difficult because of sanctions from many countries. At the same time, it also caused the credibility of Russian President Putin to be significantly reduced and there were many fluctuations.

The Russian public's confidence level in President Vladimir Putin over the past week fell 0.3 percent to 79.7%.

TASS news agency quoted the results of a poll conducted by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center published on March 17, saying that when asked about trust in Mr. Putin, 79.7% of those surveyed The poll answered yes (0.3% decrease in 7 days).

Meanwhile, the approval rating for the Russian president's job fell 0.7 percent from the previous survey to 76 percent.

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