Putin will not go to BRICS summit in Brazil due to ICC arrest warrant, Kremlin aide says
Source: Reuters
Putin will not go to BRICS summit in Brazil due to ICC arrest warrant, Kremlin aide says
Reuters
Wed, June 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM EDT 1 min read
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin will not travel to next week's BRICS summit in Brazil because of an outstanding arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC), Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said on Wednesday.
The ICC issued the warrant in 2023, just over a year after Russia launched its full-scale war against Ukraine, accusing Putin of the war crime of deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine.
Russia denies allegations of war crimes and the Kremlin, which did not sign the ICC's founding treaty, has dismissed the warrant as null and void.
But it means that Putin needs to weigh the risk he might be arrested if he travels to another country that is a signatory to the ICC treaty.
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