Moscow’s top investigative authority will “give a legal assessment” of the justice minister’s readiness to comply with the ICC order
Russia’s Investigative Committee will look into claims made by a high-ranking German official, who stated that Berlin will enforce the International Criminal Court’s ‘arrest warrant’ for President Vladimir Putin if he enters Germany.
In a statement on Sunday, the committee said that its chairman, Aleksandr Bastrykin, issued instructions to “give a required legal assessment of the German Justice minister’s statements about the arrest of Russian citizens,” while describing the ICC demands as “illegal.”
Russia’s ambassador to Germany, Sergey Nechayev, said Berlin’s position on the ICC warrant “gives cause for extreme concern” and serves as further proof of Germany’s desire for escalation.
On Friday, the ICC issued warrants for Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, the presidential commissioner for…
