International Arrest Warrant Issued for Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting in Ulan-Ude, Russia, on March 14, 2023. Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been formally accused by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of war crimes and faces an arrest warrant, which the Kremlin considers illegitimate.

ICC president Piotr Hofmanski said in a video statement Friday that an arrest warrant has been issued for Putin for the “alleged war crimes of deportation of children from Ukrainian occupied territories into the Russian Federation.”