The Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, compared the arrest warrant issued on Friday, March 17, by the International Criminal Court in the name of Russian President Vladimir Putin, to toilet paper.

This is the first reaction of a high-ranking official from Russia to the decision of the Hague Court. 

"The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin.

There is no need to explain where to use this paper," wrote an associate of the Kremlin dictator on Twitter in English, ending his message with an emoticon symbolizing toilet paper. 

The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant against Vladimir Putin.

No need to explain WHERE this paper should be used.

— Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) March 17, 2023

Dmytro Peskov, the Kremlin's spokesman, said earlier that "Russia, like some other states, does not recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court," and called the decision on Putin's arrest warrant "null and void."

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova also stated that the ISS "has no authority" on the territory of Russia.

It will be recalled that the International Criminal Court in The Hague issued an arrest warrant for the President of Russia Vladimir Putin and the Commissioner for Children's Rights of the Russian Federation Maria Lvova-Belova for committing a war crime - the illegal deportation of Ukrainian children.

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, believes that the Hague Court's warrant for Putin's arrest has a real prospect.

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