Why has the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin?

Key details about the indictment of the Russian president and his children’s commissioner for the abduction of Ukrainian children

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The international criminal court in The Hague has indicted the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and children’s commissioner, Maria Lvova-Belova, for the mass abduction of Ukrainian children.

This means there is now an international arrest warrant out for Putin, a reflection of the speed with which the international legal community has pursued allegations of war crimes during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.