After Putin arrest warrant: Medvedev threatens International Criminal Court with missile attack

“All go under God and missiles. Look closely at the sky, dear judges.” With these verdicts, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ended a diatribe against the International Criminal Court in The Hague in a telegram message, which also included foul language.

The reason: on March 17, the International Criminal Court in The Hague issued an international arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin, which is also binding on Switzerland. The court suspects the Russian head of state of being personally responsible for the deportation of children from the occupied territories of Ukraine to Russia.

Because Russia does not recognize the court, this has no direct consequences for Putin, the Kremlin said. The arrest warrant was “outrageous and unacceptable”.

Medvedev is known for going overboard with his rhetoric. With his statement, the current vice-president of the Security Council of the Russian Federation alluded to the new type of hypersonic missiles that the Russian army first used in Ukraine last year – which cannot be intercepted with the military technology currently available.

The seat of the court, the Netherlands, is a member of NATO. An attack by Russia would lead to direct military involvement of all NATO states, including the US through Article 5 of the NATO treaty. (aargauerzeitung.ch)