The Administration of the President of Russia considers the warrant for Vladimir Putin's arrest issued by the International Criminal Court to be legally null and void.
Source: CNN citing RIA Novosti and Meduza with reference to RBC
Details: Putin's spokesman Dmytro Peskov said: "The question itself is unacceptable; Russia, as a number of other countries, doesn't recognize this court’s jurisdiction, and accordingly, any decisions of this sort are negligible for Russia, from a legal point of view."
The official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Maria Zakharova, wrote that Russia does not cooperate with the ICC, and "possible ‘prescriptions’ for arrest that come from the International Court of Justice will be legally null and void for us."
The children's ombudsman of Russia, Maria Lvova-Belova, for whose arrest the ICC also issued an order in connection with the actions of the Russians in Ukraine, said: "It is lovely that the international community appreciates the work to help the children of our country, that we do not leave them in the military zone actions, that we take them out, that we create good conditions for them, surround them with loving and caring people. There were sanctions from all countries, even Japan; what about me, now there is an arrest warrant, and I wonder what will happen next. Well, we continue to work."
Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, said, "There is no need to explain how this document should be used" [meaning, the ICC warrant is completely useless].
Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the Russian Federation's State Duma, said, "We regard any attacks on the President of the Russian Federation as aggression against our country".
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