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Russia’s Putin to visit ICC member Mongolia despite arrest warrant

The Kremlin has said it is not worried that Mongolia could arrest President Vladimir Putin during his visit next week [File: Handout/Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik via AP Photo]

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Mongolia next week despite the country being a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which issued a warrant for his arrest last year.

The visit, scheduled for September 3, will be Putin’s first trip to an ICC member state since The Hague-based court issued the arrest warrant in March 2023 accusing the president of the illegal deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia and Russian-controlled territory.

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