Russia puts ICC prosecutor Karim Khan on wanted list
Russia has issued an arrest warrant for the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan after the Hague-based court issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin in March.
The picture of the senior British barrister, who specializes in international criminal law, is on the Russian interior ministry's wanted list, media reported on Friday.
The arrest notice on the Interior Ministry's search database does not specify the specific charge(s) that have been lodged against the UK-based Khan, who was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
A criminal investigation was launched by Russia’s Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, against Khan in March based on the ICC's "unlawful" decision to seek the arrest of Russia's President Vladimir Putin over alleged war crimes, blaming the leader over the alleged transfer of Ukrainian children by Russian troops in the pro-Moscow regions in eastern Ukraine.
The ICC has also issued a warrant for Maria Lvova-Belova, the presidential commissioner for children’s rights, on the same charges as the leader.
The Kremlin has described the ICC's arrest warrant for Putin as "null and void" for Russia's independent justice system.
The Kremlin has repeatedly rejected accusations of committing war crimes by its forces during its special military operations in Ukraine which started on February 2022. Earlier this month, Kremlin's spokesperson Dmitry Peskov called the ICC “a puppet in the hands of the so-called collective West.”
Western countries, led by the US and the UK, have given their all-out political and military support to Kiev as Ukrainian forces fight Russian troops, waging an all-out proxy war against Moscow.
On the other side of the ledger, Russia has charged 680 Ukrainian officials, including members of the security forces and defense ministry, with serious offenses that amount to war crimes, according to Russian media. The suspects breached the laws that govern the conduct of war, including the use of weapons against civilians, it stated.
Those accused by the Russian judiciary system include 118 members of the armed forces and defense ministry, according to the state-run TASS news agency.
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