The International Criminal Court in The Hague issued arrest warrants for Russian President's Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova and Vladimir Putin due to the deportation of Ukrainian children.
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ICC issued an arrest warrant for Maria Lvova-Belova and Vladimir Putin on March 17, 2023
The deportation of Ukrainian children was the reason for the arrest warrant
Putin faces an arrest warrant issued by the ICC in 2023 over deportation of Ukrainian children.
The ICC issued arrest warrants for Putin and his surrogate Maria Lvova-Belova, the Russian commissioner for Children's rights, alleging responsibility for the war crime of unlawful deportation and transfer of children following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Source story: 3818072-ukraine-returns-four-more-children-from-russia-and-occupied-areas