Putin drove himself around the various administrative areas of the city. He stopped at several places and interacted with the townspeople.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev visited the Children’s Art and Aesthetic Center. Photo: Reuters
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev visited the Children’s Art and Aesthetic Center. Photo: Reuters
Despite the International Criminal Court (ICC) issuing an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin, he went on an official visit to the city of Mariupol in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. Went to Crimea province a day ago.
On Sunday, the Qatar-based media Al Jazeera reported that Putin arrived in Mariupol by helicopter, quoting the Russian media Taser. The city in Donetsk province has been occupied by Russian forces since May last year.
Latest news on The Daily Star Bangla Google News Channel. Putin drove himself around the various administrative areas of the city. He stopped at several places and interacted with the townspeople.
A day earlier, Putin visited the region to celebrate the ninth anniversary of the annexation of Crimea. Moscow is officially considered part of Russian territory. Russian state television showed Putin visiting the Black Sea port city of Sevastopol on Saturday. He was accompanied by the appointed governor of Moscow, Mikhail Razvozhaev.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev visited the Children’s Art and Aesthetic Center. Photo: Reuters
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev visited the Children’s Art and Aesthetic Center. Photo: Reuters
After a referendum in 2014, Crimea was officially part of Russia by Putin’s government. However, the referendum and its results were not recognized by Kyiv and the international community.
Meanwhile, an arrest warrant was issued against Putin by the ICC on Friday for allegedly taking many people including children to Russia illegally from Ukraine. But analysts don’t think there is any realistic way to arrest Putin while in power.
After issuing the warrant, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on her Telegram channel, ‘This ICC decision has no meaning in our country. Not even legally.’
The New York Times reported that while human rights groups applauded the ICC’s arrest warrant against Putin for alleged human rights abuses in the ongoing Ukraine war, the chances of him being prosecuted while in power are slim.
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev compared the issuance of an arrest warrant against Putin to ‘toilet paper’.
