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"In the preliminary proceedings it was confirmed that there are grounds to believe that the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and the Commissioner for Children's Rights under the President Maria Lvova-Belova bear criminal responsibility for the illegal deportation of Ukrainian children from occupied regions to the territory of the Russian Federation ". This was stated in a statement by Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
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Khan is a British lawyer specializing in international criminal law and human rights.
He holds his current post from 2021.
In 1997, he worked in the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
He has participated in trials at the International Criminal Court, the Special Tribunal in Lebanon, the Tribunal in Rwanda and Cambodia.
They issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin
The mandate of the chief prosecutor of the ICC lasts 9 years.
Karim Khan is the third to hold the position.
The arrest warrants were filed on February 22, with judges now issuing arrest warrants for Putin and Maria Lvova.
"This is the first step regarding the situation in Ukraine, but my team continues its work on the investigation.
Ukraine is a crime scene that covers a wide range of alleged international crimes.
We will not hesitate to submit additional requests for arrests when the evidence requires it," emphasized Karim Khan, BTV reported.
The Russian Federation does not recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court and considers its decisions null and void, commented Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
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