Breaking: The ICC has issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin. Do you think they will actually arrest him?

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Mangospacho · Accepted Answer

Yes, as long as Putin doesn’t have anyone defending him (e. g. soldiers or an army) then the ICC will be able to just march right up to the Kremlin, open the front door, and walk right into Putin’s office where Putin’s executive assistant will demand to see the arrest warrant, which the ICC will have in their hands now and will have no choice but to go along with them in handcuffs in a van and drive from Moscow to The Hague, where he will be held in custody until his trial date. He will be given one phone call but, since he doesn’t have his cell phone contacts, doesn’t know anyone’s numbers so he will stay in his holding cell until his lawyer can get him out on bond. But, since oil prices got so high last year, he won't be able to afford his bail because he’s still paying off all the expensive gas he had to buy so he’ll just have to sit in a cell until the trial starts.

Of course, this could start as soon as Tuesday of this week and, once the Russian troops in Ukraine find out, they will immediately surrender unconditionally and will probably give some of Russia to Ukraine for their trouble.

jongreat46 · Accepted Answer

No, and I think he is really a dictator that needs to be stopped however I believe this was done to try and cause internal harm to his government rather than justice for Russian people or Ukraine. I'm not saying Ukraine doesn't deserve justice it's just at the end of the day without all the hashtag movements and slava ukrainia statements on Facebook and social media, no one really cares about what happens in Ukraine. The only reason everyone pretends to care is because a white country is under attack, I mean Palestine is under attack daily for 75 years, Syrians are under attack daily since 2011 and Libya is a constant state of civil war and no one cares or even justifies what arab and other brown people face in terms of war. But a white country like Ukraine gets attacked and all of a sudden the world notices and takes in Ukrainian refugees without any cap on their numbers like they did to Muslim, arab, and African refugees fleeing worse war zones. So I say again this move by the ICC was politically motivated and not some humanitarian effort for Ukraine.

ElGato31 · Accepted Answer

I would be surprised. I think it's more like "show that we are doing something". I'm from Eastern Europe, the whole place could burn, I don't really care but I find this arrest warrant hilarious. There is a long list of people who should be arrested for war crimes. Including US leaders.

This is some 'avert the public attention' propaganda again.

menina · Accepted Answer

I'm sure they won't. He's a powerful man, there are many countries that don't follow the ICC orders and let's not forget the nuclear weapons. Plus, there are leaders who are afraid of Vladimir Putin, so obviously they won't confront him.

llorando · Answer

No, he has as much of being arrested as US leaders do.

LittleSally · Answer

No chance in hell, unfortunately. Why? Nuclear weapons.

Heterosketero · Answer

Who would arrest him? How would they do it? Hitler likely had an arrest warrant for years, you have to win a war first, we can't just nuke the Kremlin and send in Maimi Vice. Emperor Ping is doing lunch with him tomorrow to talk limitless coalition. It served no point but to illustrate Nato and Un's impotency to the detriment of us all. My eye is on Paris, there is enough burning garbage in their streets and a record rat infestation underfoot of a riot and maybe Monday, there won't be a Paris, and the EU starts to worry. Supplicants to the WEF should be concered...

blueonblack22 · Answer

Exercise in futility and just optics for political gain.

However it isn’t imposible that Russian oligarchs could organize and attempt a bloody coup. But Putin is more than paranoid and prepared for that.

Well entrenched dictators aren’t easy to remove unfortunately. The develop this “cult of a personality” which brainwashes too nah people to believe 2 + 2 = 5.

If you don’t believe me then why did heinous people like Pablo Escobar have tens of thousands of people morning his death and still protecting him when he was on the run (and proven to be absolute pos). Cult of a personality is the reason. And this megalomaniac unfortunately has nukes.

So good luck arresting that. He probably has some sort of contingency set up that if something happens to him he will have some diehard follower press the red button.

ManOnFire · Answer

Nah. Trying to even come into physical contact with him to arrest him will be a feat of itself. And even if by some act of God that were possible, I imagine he would try to retaliate against the world for real then.

People are saying Putin would never launch nukes or do this or that because he knows it would harm him or Russia in return, but if Putin was truly in a situation with his back against the wall where death or imprisonment were his only options, I do believe he would do something extreme as a last strike before he died. At that point he would have no care about the rest of the world or even Russia for that matter, so he could very easily decide to launch nukes. He would probably figure: if I'm going out, then I'm taking you all with me.

So I think all this arrest warrant news is just more political theater from the West.

CALIGVLA · Answer

It was a performative move for the most part to be honest.

But I can see the real intent of such move, which is not about arresting the President of Russia but an attempt to drive a wedge between the BRICS members. Brazil and South Africa are signatories of the Rome Statute, whereas Russia, China and India don't.

Now it kinda complicated the diplomatic relations between the heads of state of Brazil and South Africa with their Russian counterpart. They've been put between a rock and a hard place, because they legally have the obligation to comply with the arrest of the President of Russia if he ever makes an official visit to one of those countries, but at the same time are partners in an political bloc.

Robbey · Answer

There’s little to no chance of it happening. Barring a coup, no-one in Russia would ever arrest him. And he very rarely leaves Russia.

Dick Cheney has also had an arrest warrant out for him for maybe 15-20 years with as much likelihood of success.

TruthBringer · Answer

Of course not. Just as they didn't do with figures such as Bush or Netanyahu. What makes people think they will be able to get Putin? Also, it clearly shows the hypocrisy of the ICC as there are other "leaders" who have done far worse crimes.

blissinanarchy1 · Answer

I made a post about this. It’s an attempt to get America in the war.

America doesn’t participate with the ICC, because of lack of compatibility with the Constitution.

However, other NATO members do. Any attempt to capture Putin will obviously be a declaration of war or will lead to one.

Once a NATO ally is attacked, America is obligated to fight.

monorprise · Answer

Like the USA, Russia never joined the ICC.  So really issuing an arrest warrant for Putin in Russia makes the ICC just as bad as Putin in imposing its law upon other people.

WanderingLoveWizard · Answer

The only good thing about Putin is he openly admits he's a tyrant. I can't say the same for the current leaders of the US

BCA6010 · Answer

No. He could literally walk into half of Europe and nobody would touch him out of fear of retaliation from Russia, among other things. This is a half-step up from sending a strongly worded letter.

ShadezMcgee · Answer

No. Putin will only die via his own hand or the hand of someone in his immediately vicinity (one of his generals, a coup, assassinstion, etc.)

EmmaMary · Answer

Sadly not... First they have to be able to catch the fucking slimy little mentally deranged despot... When they do, will somebody please just "double tap" the murdering bastard... Thank you.

OatmealMuffin · Answer

What a joke. This whole BS war is a money laundering scheme, and people believe the war is real.

GoodGuyBreakingBad · Answer

Yes, lock Vladimir Putin up. Along with Donald Trump.

Pyrofox · Answer

He's gonna lose his mind. Putin already only keeps yes men now there's a even more reason to betray the man lol. 🙃

Avicenna · Answer

Of course they will bring him in themselves. The ICC has a mighty military of its own for this very task.

NostalgiaSenpi · Answer

No. Dozens of countries are not ICC members, including China, India, Russia, and the United States. They don't have jurisdiction over them.

SpanishRose · Answer

Anyone who goes near him will end up dead from an untraceable poison... not gonna happen. *fake news*

Breaking: The ICC has issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin. Do you think they will actually arrest him?

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