Arresting Putin is a Declaration of War-Medvedev Warns
Former Russian President says any attempt to arrest Vladimir Putin is a Declaration of war to which it will respond immediately.
Ernest Omoarelojie with Agency report
March 23, 2023
Immediate past Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, has warned that any attempt to arrest the current president, Vladimir Putin, anywhere abroad in the aftermath of a warrant for his arrest by the International Criminal Court, ICC, will be interpreted by Moscow as a “declaration of war”.
Medvedev gave the warning on Wednesday.
“Let’s imagine-it’s clear that this is a situation that will never happen...nevertheless let’s imagine it does.
"The current head of a nuclear state arrives on the territory of, say, Germany, and is arrested. What is this? A declaration of war against the Russian Federation," he said matter of factly.
According to Medvedev, Russian weapons would hit a country if it arrested Putin.
“all of our means, rockets and others, will fly on the Bundestag, in the Chancellor’s Office and so on.”
Last week, the Hague-based ICC issued an arrest warrant for Putin who it accused of deporting Ukrainian children.
But in swift retaliatory move, Russia inaugurated a criminal investigation against ICC prosecutor, Karim Khan, and several other ICC judges, emphasizing that their decision is “unlawful”.
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