The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Commissioner on Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova for alleged war crimes involving the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia.
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ICC issued arrest warrants for Putin and Lvova-Belova for war crimes
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
Pre-Trial Chamber II of the ICC issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova on 17 March 2023 for war crimes of unlawful deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia
On March 17, 2023, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, the Russian official overseeing the forced deportations of Ukrainian children to Russia.
The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Commissioner on Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova on March 17 for alleged war crimes involving the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia.
On March 17, the ICC in The Hague issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova.
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