Posted on 07/16/2023 11:50:50 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to attend an economic summit in South Africa next month and the country is desperately trying to persuade him to stay away to avoid the legal and diplomatic fallout over his international arrest warrant, South Africa’s deputy president said in an interview with a news website on Friday.
As a signatory to the treaty establishing the International Criminal Court, South Africa is obliged to arrest Putin on an indictment the court issued against the Russian leader in March for war crimes involving the abduction of children from Ukraine.
Moscow has dismissed the warrant. South African authorities are likely to breach the treaty and not arrest Putin, but some opposition parties, rights groups and legal activists have said he should be arrested and have threatened to do it themselves, raising security issues for the BRICS summit in Johannesburg.
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The Kremlin has not said that Putin will attend and the brief rebellion in Russia by the Wagner private military group appeared to make it unlikely he would travel after such a serious threat to his rule.
But Russia does want Putin to attend alongside Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the other presidents, South Africa Deputy President Paul Mashatile said in the interview with News24, a top South African news outlet. All the leaders were invited to the summit before the indictment against Putin was issued, South Africa has said.
“It’s a big dilemma for us. Of course, we cannot arrest him,” Mashatile said. “It’s almost like you invite your friend to your house, and then arrest them. That’s why for us, his not coming is the best solution. The Russians are not happy, though. They want him to come.”
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Always accuse your enemy of what you are doing, right CIA?
Commie confab.
International arrest warrant?
What government issued this warrant? Does the government have the consent of the people being ruled by it?
I understand there is a vacancy at Robben Island.
I see your point about a tough choice, but the reality is that they couldn’t arrest Putin if they chose to.
The war on the ground has turned to sh!t for the Ukrainians so now you post opinion pieces on the danger of summits to Pootie Poot.
Lame.
SA will just declare that the entire Russian delegation has diplomatic immunity.
It’s not an opinion piece...it’s an Associated Press news story that went out on the wire this afternoon.
Correct me if I’m mistaken, but wasn’t Vladimir Putin ‘penciled in’ to die by St. Patty’s Day, 2022?
And there are at very least nine other ‘Due Dates’ when the public was assured that he was camped out at Death’s Door w/o Swiss Army Knife or even a can of Sterno.
Now the Parlor Game begins on Who will arrest Putin?
Would it not be ‘funny’ if Zelensky is the one who suffers the most negative and permanent consequences between the two.
This, in spite of all the countries appearing to hug up and support the Ukraine side.
Counteroffensive going that well?
The Ukrainians are gaining territory back faster than the Russians took it over the winter.
They don’t want to arrest him. SA likes killing whites, and the war is killing whites.
It’s just good business. -Yellen
Sure thing buddy.
Why doesn’t Biden or Zelensky have the same issue? They are both criminals.
This story was out days ago and posted here.
Lol… Go ahead. Try to arrest Putin…. I’ll be watching from a safe distance.
Clowns.
Yes, but the poster was banned from FR during that time.
“It’s not an opinion piece...it’s an Associated Press news story“
Comedy gold.
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