Bastrykin instructed to assess the statements of the Ministry of Justice of Germany on the arrest of citizens of the Russian Federation
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Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia (TFR) Alexander Bastrykin instructed to give a legal assessment of the statements of the Minister of Justice of Germany on the arrest of citizens of the Russian Federation. Earlier, the department said that they would comply with the requirement of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague and arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin if he came to Germany.
“The Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia instructed the central office of the department, as part of the ongoing audit, to give the necessary legal assessment of the statements of the Minister of Justice of the Federal Republic of Germany on the fulfillment of the illegal requirement of the ICC to arrest citizens of the Russian Federation in Germany,” – reported in the press service of the ICR.
On March 17, the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Commissioner for Children’s Rights in Russia. As Zeit wrote, this decision obliges the member states of the court, including Germany, to arrest the wanted persons and transfer them to The Hague. German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann promised arrest the Russian president in case of his visit to Germany.
“I expect the ICC to quickly contact Interpol and contracting states and request enforcement. Germany is then obliged to arrest President Putin if he enters German territory and hand him over to the ICC,” Buschmann told Bild am Sonntag (quoted by Zeit).
The International Criminal Court is the court of last resort for serious international crimes. It was established under the Rome Statute signed in 1998. Russia has signed but not ratified it.
The decisions of the ICC have no legal force and are void, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said earlier, commenting on the court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant for Putin and Lvova-Belova. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, stressed that the decisions of the ICC have no meaning for Moscow, and possible arrest warrants are legally void.
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