The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants against Russia's president and commissioner for children's rights in March, charging them with the purported "unlawful transfer" of children out of the Ukraine conflict zone. The Kremlin dismissed the charges, while Russia's Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against ICC judges.
British authorities' fingerprints are all over the ICC's decision to issue arrest warrants against Russian President Vladimir Putin and Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova, and the story plays out like a cheap mystery novel, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said.
"On February 21, 2023, ICC Judge Antoine Kesia-Mbe Mindua from the Democratic Republic of the Congo was replaced in the ICC's Pre-Trial Chamber by Costa Rican (and Oxford graduate) Sergio Gerardo Ugalde Godinez, who was eager to serve the West. After this occurred, the British lobby gained the upper hand in the chamber. But a personal factor was needed - absolute control over the decisions of the ICC by the British," Zakharova wrote in a long, detective story-style post on her Telegram page Thursday.
According to the spokeswoman, in an interesting "coincidence," the same day, "the brother of ICC prosecutor Karim Khan, former member of British parliament Imran Ahmad Khan, convicted of pedophilia, was released from an English prison ahead of schedule, serving only half his term."
"The next step was logical and predictable. On February 22, literally the next day, Prosecutor Khan's appeal [on Putin and Lvova-Belova's arrest warrants, ed.] was sent to the Pretrial Chamber with a request for approval. One cannot help but get the impression that Karim Khan himself did not believe London and was waiting for confirmation of the promised release of his pedophile brother from prison," Zakharova wrote.
But nothing happened, with the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber hesitating.
"Then," the spokeswoman noted, "London organized a donor conference for the ICC and set a date - March 20, transparently hinting to the Hague that if it wants to see British contributions, results will be necessary. Judges are easy to buy. On March 17, four days after the announcement of the donor conference and three days before it was held, the ICC issued" its warrants against Putin and Lvova-Belova.
Characterizing the chain of events as a mystery ripped straight out of an Agatha Christie novel, only written by someone far less talented, Zakharova suggested that the ICC's decisions constitute a "cheap script made using British money."
"Except now the ICC themselves are on a criminal wanted list," the spokeswoman summed up.
Russia has emerged from sanctions crisis – Kremlin
Russia has finally overcome the economic downturn caused by Western sanctions and can now take steps to rapidly develop its economy, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.
Speaking at a youth forum in the Moscow region, Peskov noted that according to all forecasts, Russia should have "fallen into an abyss both economically and socially" after the sanctions were imposed. But that failed to happen, he said.
"We have emerged from the crisis, and our prospects for rapid development are good by today's standards. This is a unique situation. You will study how this was possible and where our country, our people found such strength," he told the forum participants.
According to Peskov, among the many factors that enabled Russia to withstand the large-scale sanctions pressure are patriotism and a sense of belonging among the people.
After the start of Russia's military operation in Ukraine last year, Western countries imposed several rounds of sanctions against Moscow, targeting its banking sector, government debt, energy, and other industries.
Last week, President Vladimir Putin said that Russia’s gross domestic product (GDP) was expected to grow by more than 2% this year, and that the growth would fully cover the economic decline the country saw in 2022. He warned however, that Western sanctions could still have a negative impact in the medium term.
Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said in April that Western countries, and particularly the European Union, had exhausted their options for sanctions that could hurt Russia.
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