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Pjotr Sauer in Yerevan

Armenia’s parliament defies Russia in vote to join international criminal court

Armenian lawmakers voting in Yerevan on Tuesday to join the international criminal court.
Armenian lawmakers voting in Yerevan on Tuesday to join the international criminal court. Photograph: Hayk Baghdasaryan/AP

Armenia’s parliament has voted to join the international criminal court (ICC), obliging the former Soviet republic to arrest Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, if he were to visit the country.

Tuesday’s decision will further strain relations with Moscow, Armenia’s traditional ally. Ties are already badly damaged over the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine and Azerbaijan’s recapture of Nagorno-Karabakh.

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