Russia Adds ICC Prosecutor Who Sought Putin's Arrest to Wanted List, Media Report

05/25/2023

Russia has issued an arrest warrant for the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor who in March prepared a warrant for President Vladimir Putin on war crimes charges, Russian media reported on Friday. 

The British prosecutor, Karim Khan, was added to the Interior Ministry's wanted list, state-owned news agency TASS said, citing the ministry's database. 

Moscow opened cases against Khan and three ICC judges on March 20, days after the order for Putin's arrest. 

The ICC warrant orders the arrest of Putin and Russia's ombudsman for children's rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, on war crimes charges related to the abduction of Ukrainian children. 

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