There’s no doubt Vladimir Putin is a bad guy. Did he commit war crimes? Probably. Is this going anywhere? No
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and another Russian official involving allegations of war crimes around the unlawful deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia.
The arrest warrant is thought to mark one of the first charges against Putin for war crimes in Ukraine, part of a global effort to hold the Russian president and the Russian Federation accountable for atrocities beginning with the full-scale February 2022 invasion.
An arrest warrant was also issued for Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, commissioner for children’s rights in the Office of the President of the Russian Federation, who the ICC alleges “bears individual criminal responsibility” for the forced deportation of Ukrainian children from Russian-occupied territory to Russia.
“It is forbidden by international law for occupying powers to transfer civilians from the territory they live in to other territories. Children enjoy special protection under the Geneva Convention,” ICC President Judge Piotr Hofma?ski said in a video statement on Friday.
The arrest warrant marks a stunning global rebuke against Putin, even as the chance of bringing the Russian leader into custody of an international court of law is remote at best.
Does Putin care? Do you think he’s paying attention to this? If he travels to India, China, and most of the countries who are still doing business with Russia, will anything happen? Will any of those countries consider arresting him?
What Russia is doing if they are forcing kids from Ukraine to Russia is horrible. When does the ICC issue arrest warrants for all the parents and doctors involved in giving kids all sorts of chemicals and medical procedures to reinforce the short-sighted, trendy fad belief that they the other gender? Or the teachers who are pushing this on kids? Or the lawmakers supporting it? Lunatics like this utter RINO, Bob Heleringer, from Kentucky
I wish I could blame both political parties for this cataclysm but I cannot. Every anti-gay/trans bill this session was introduced by a Republican. But there’s hope. GOP state Reps. Kim Banta, Stephanie Dietz, Kim Moser, Killian Timoney and Sen. Stephen Meredith have voted this session against making LGBTQ Kentuckians second-class citizens.
Transgender children are the primary targets of the vendetta: what pronouns can be used to describe them in our public schools (I am not making this up), what medical care they can obtain, what psychological services they can have, what bathrooms the kids can use in a public school among other degradations. Gay adults have been singled out for special humiliation by having to contend with a bill that addresses one of the commonwealth’s most critical problems – who can attend Drag Queen shows and where they can be performed; an artistic expression (dance) that threatens absolutely no one.
See, it’s a bad thing in Moonbat World that Republicans want to protect biological women from men with mental health issue from being in their personal spaces, like bathrooms, locker rooms, and shower. It’s bad that Republicans want to protect women from having the gender confused compete in their sports, taking their wins and scholarships. From taking their place in all sorts of competitions, positions, and jobs. From children being able to attend highly sexualized drag shows, when those same kids are restricted from being in bars and strip clubs already. It’s a f*cked up world when anyone supports not protecting children from these deprivations.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and another Russian official involving allegations of war crimes around the unlawful deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia.
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