Dmitry Medvedev, a former Russian president now serving as deputy chairman of the country’s security council, said on Thursday that any attempts to arrest President Vladimir Putin on the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) warrant of war crimes would be considered a “declaration of war” against the country.
“Just imagine—clearly that such a situation that is never going to happen, but still—let’s imagine that it has happened. The incumbent head of a nuclear country arrives in, say, Germany and is arrested. What does it mean? A declaration of war against Russia,” Medvedev said during an interview with Russian journalists, including state news agency TASS.
