The courtroom, based mostly in The Hague, stated Putin was accused of “the conflict crime of illegal deportation of inhabitants” and of “illegal switch of inhabitants”, particularly of kids from occupied areas of Ukraine to Russia for the reason that begin of the conflict.

It stated the crimes had been dedicated in Ukraine no less than from February 25 final yr when Russia launched its full-scale invasion.

“There are cheap grounds to imagine that Mr Putin bears particular person prison duty for the aforementioned crimes,” the ICC stated in an announcement on Friday (UK time).

The courtroom additionally stated the Russian chief didn’t train his rights to cease others who deported youngsters. The judges additionally issued an arrest warrant for Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for kids’s rights, accusing her of the identical crimes.

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Russia has not hid a program underneath which it has introduced hundreds of Ukrainian youngsters throughout the border, however presents it as a humanitarian marketing campaign to guard orphans and kids deserted within the battle zone.

The courtroom’s president, Piotr Hofmanski, stated in a video assertion that whereas the ICC’s judges have issued the warrants, it could be as much as the worldwide group to implement them.

“The ICC is doing its a part of work as a courtroom of regulation. The judges issued arrest warrants. The execution is determined by worldwide cooperation,” he stated.