Moscow criticises ‘inappropriate’ decision that would oblige former ally to arrest Putin if he visits

Armenia’s parliament has voted to join the international criminal court (ICC), obliging the former Soviet republic to arrest Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, if he were to visit the country.

Tuesday’s decision will further strain relations with Moscow, Armenia’s traditional ally. Ties are already badly damaged over the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine and Azerbaijan’s recapture of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Kremlin last week warned Armenia that its decision to join the ICC, which has issued an arrest warrant for Putin for overseeing the abduction of Ukrainian children, was “extremely hostile”.

    • @wwaxen@lemmy.world
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      They still have Iran and North Korea. If that doesn’t trigger “are we the baddies?” I don’t think anything will.

    • @GenEcon@lemm.ee
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      That happens if you throw them under the bus as soon as they tilt even so slightly towards the West. Serbia will be next.