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All you need to know about the ICC’s arrest warrant for Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin faces an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court and could be detained if he travels to ICC member countries [File: Pavel Bednyakov/Sputnik/pool via Reuters]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of responsibility for the war crime of illegal deportation of children from Ukraine.

In its first warrant involving Ukraine, the ICC on Friday called for Putin’s arrest on suspicion of unlawful deportation of children and unlawful transfer of people from the territory of Ukraine to the Russian Federation.

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