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Q&A: What the ICC arrest warrants mean for Russia’s Putin

The ICC has issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin for alleged crimes that involve the deportation of Ukrainian children to the Russian Federation [File: Vadim Ghirda/AP]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has called for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s arrest on suspicion of unlawful deportation of children and unlawful transfer of people from the territory of Ukraine to the Russian Federation.

It also issued a warrant for Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, on similar allegations.

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