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submitted 2 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Mongolian officials "have the obligation" to arrest Vladimir Putin if he visits the country next week, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has said.

The trip, expected to happen on Tuesday, will be the first time the Russian leader has visited an ICC member nation since the court ordered his arrest in March 2023.

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[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago

I'm not going to blame Mongolia if they just ignore that. They do not have any ability to hold him.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Would be the funniest twist this century though. Common n Mongols, have some humour!

[-] neidu2@feddit.nl 1 points 2 months ago

I'm having a hard time seeing why they couldn't. It'd be a dipl9matic disaster for them to simply go "yeah, we lied" and arrest him, but on the other hand, I don't see what russia could possibly do. Sure, medvedev will throw yhe usual hissyfit and threaten with invasion, but.... he and which army?

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Well China happens to really like Putin. And both countries have special forces that are more than capable of grabbing him back without a wider war. But Mongolia is also land locked and not super developed on it's own. So it's likely to suffer a complete air and ground blockade until they give either country enough to make them forget it happened.

There is no upside to Mongolia doing this. They aren't strong enough to pull it off. And there are large consequences.

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