“If we’re speaking not about the Western world, but about the countries of the so-called Global South, I’m sure that the situation there will be quite the opposite to the expectations of the Western capitals,” Sergey Naryshkin continued
Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Director Sergey Naryshkin slammed as ‘shameful’ the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue a warrant for the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“This, of course, is a shameful decision on the part of this ‘kangaroo court’-style justice that is under the thumb of the West. This decision, in my opinion, has turned the International Criminal Court, the authority of which was already minimal, into a literal garbage dump of propaganda,” Naryshkin told reporters on Tuesday in Minsk.
“What effect will this have on other countries?” the Russian intelligence chief pointed out. “If we’re speaking not about the Western world, but about the countries of the so-called Global South, I’m sure that the situation there will be quite the opposite to the expectations of the Western capitals,” Naryshkin continued. In his opinion, the ICC’s credibility will continue to decline for these countries and they will try to get as far away from this ‘kangaroo court’-style body as possible.
On March 17, the ICC issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Children’s Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova on charges of the “unlawful deportation” of Ukrainian children. Commenting on the decision, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov noted that Moscow did not recognize the jurisdiction of the ICC. In turn, Zakharova said that the decisions of the ICC had no authority for Russia whatsoever, while any potential arrest warrants would be legally void.
Source: Tass