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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No worries, BobL - 10:00 CST comes quickly, and the barking will cease till the morrow.
Where’s your treaty obligating the US or NATO engaging in a proxy war with Russia? It most certainly is NOT the NATO Charter. Did the UN authorize this like Korea? No, of course not. We aren’t even covering our responsibility for hundreds of thousands of deaths with lies like Saddam’s yellow cake or Afghans attacking us 9/11. Our excuse? DC globalists have decided it’s time for regime change in Russia. Lucky for us there was no corrupt world policeman to hold us accountable for the million mostly innocent dead Arabs lost in our 15 year brutal rampage through ME.
Yes, there IS a target on BobL, as your very presence on this thread clearly shows - plus the fact that you were opining on BobL without notifying him.
Clear as day.
The consortium apparently feels that BobL must be "dealt with".
Sounds like Junior got a hold of his mom’s computer again...or something.
Great post. Thank you.
Absolutely not.
There is NO target on BobL. Freepers were attempting clarification of alternate perspectives. BobL is typically usually logical & reasonable even if holding another point of view. He is not like some that misdirect & add fractious ingredients while stirring the pot! No names mentioned. But, it is well-known by all that some here do use that exact disruptive style. But, not Bob.
Al legitimate points have been made. I appreciate the article.
milosevich / Serbia
was a test run
for Trump / putin - Israel
put the street mobs in power - charge
Thought SA was kissing up to Putin to join BRICS.
She knows that. She is notorious for twisting people’s comments and then replying to them as if they said something completely different from what they meant.
It’s a childish, manipulative tactic and I’ve seen a few of the Ukies on here doing that.
There is nothing constructive in what they do. They’re on here to push their pro-Ukraine, pro-NWO agenda and to disrupt. They try to silence anybody with an opposing view or anybody speaking the truth about their methods.
Yes, there IS a target on BobL, as your continued posts about BobL without notifying him clearly show.
Why aren't you following the accepted FR common courtesy about pinging the subject of your post to your post?
No worries! I'm taking care of your oversight for you! 
She’s a passive-aggressive pig wrapped up in cloak of religiosity. A perfect Zeeper, and an excellent tool to bring people to the side of Peace
AP: Anti-American Propaganda
Note the extreme agitation about BobL on this thread.
We'll have to ask cabojoe to modify his "he's still alive" meme to feature BobL. :)
Great point! The cloying stench of hypocrisy is enough to chase a dog off a gut wagon.
NO ALLEGED TARGETS EXIST, GET OVER IT!
I caught another granny organizing a ping list to annoy and harass posters. Neocons have trouble following rules.
Dang! That’s cranking up those manipulative tactics a notch, isn’t it?
That’s pretty vicious to twist someone’s comments that far.
What is *wrong* with these people??
I agree.
BobL is an ACTUAL target - because he may have gotten a zeeper a week in the penalty FR box.
“South Africa has to decide whether to go with the Globo-Homo bunch (the West), or the FUTURE, which is led by China/Russia, and the rest of the BRICS.”
Well, Bob: looks like you have picked your future (unless, of course, you wish to stay in the West, what with its deviance and all, which would drive you nuts; and we can’t have that). So, have you selected which of the BRICS countries you will call home? I don’t think any of them have desirable climate; except, perhaps, for the Atlantic coast of Brazil. South Africa has some beautiful beaches (but OH! those sharks!). You take care; ya hear?
I have a few more minutes here before I go take care of my mother. Maybe have a quick private “angel”talk with Bob, I’ve never messaged him. Bragging about getting someone banned could be why you were let out as soon as A and I complained. We don’t want to lose him. I know he can probably take care of himself but...
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