Vladimir Putin is facing an arrest warrant for war crimes issued by the International Criminal Court because of his alleged involvement in abductions of children from Ukraine.
The court said in a statement that the Russian president "is allegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of population (children) and that of unlawful transfer of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation."
It also issued a warrant on Friday for the arrest of Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, the Commissioner for Children's Rights in the Office of the President of the Russian Federation, on similar allegations.
