Russian ex-president threatens Criminal Court judges with death
Vladimir Putin is visiting Mongolia, and this Central Asian country is a member of the ICC (International Criminal Court). Consequently, it is therefore obliged to arrest him under an ICC arrest warrant issued in March. But it does not look like this is going to happen. Even though Mongolia has signed and ratified the Rome Statute to become a member of the ICC. According to that Statute, Mongolia must arrest anyone who enters its territory and against whom an ICC arrest warrant has been issued. But the Russian leader's welcome in advance suggests that it will not arrest him. On the contrary, Putin even received a military honor guard at the airport. And that is a thorn in the side of many critics, but obviously pleases the Kremlin.
Reacting to the commotion surrounding Putin's (71) visit to Mongolia, Russian ex-President Dmitry Medvedev (58) warned judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague of a possible assassination attempt. “Their lives will not be worth more than that stupid piece of paper,” he echoed.
“The enslaved European Union has expressed its 'concern' to Mongolia around Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit,” Medvedev wrote Tuesday on the messaging platform Telegram. “The Mongols have made it clear to the ICC and depraved Europeans that they are taking the Russian-Mongolian side, which has existed since the 13th century.”
The ex-president additionally claimed that ICC judges should fear for their lives. “If I were a judge or prosecutor of this flawed 'court,' my greatest fear would be that some madman would execute the illegal order. In that case, the lives of the judges will be worth no more than that stupid piece of paper,” Medvedev said.
(SR for Tagtik/Illustration picture: Picture by Presidential press and information office via Wikicommons licensed under CC_by_4_0)