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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Andrew Roth

Russia issues arrest order for British ICC prosecutor after Putin warrant

Karim Khan at the international criminal court
Karim Khan visited Ukraine four times in the year before the accusations against the Russian president were made public. Photograph: Reuters

The Russian government has put the British prosecutor of the international criminal court (ICC) on a wanted list in an act of retribution after the Hague-based court issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin for allegedly overseeing the abduction of Ukrainian children.

The arrest order said Russia’s interior ministry was seeking to detain Karim Khan, who has served as the ICC prosecutor since 2021.

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