Russia a No-Show at the International Court of Justice
By: Denise Simon | Founders Code
We have heard that the International Criminal Court has opened an investigation into Putin over being a war criminal. Not only is it on full display for more than a week, but his war crimes go back to the conflict in Syria. At least 39 countries have sent referrals to the ICJ regarding Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The ICJ is expected to fast-track the investigation. This could get messy as Russia is not a member of the International Criminal Court and for that matter neither is the United States.
Putin has justified his invasion of Ukraine claiming genocide of Russian citizens as well as ongoing military hostilities. Yeesh.
Many don’t realize that many within Putin’s inner circle have not only turned on him, and have provided intelligence to the West including Ukraine to be able to take offensive measures, especially in the matters of the assassination squads sent to kill the members of the Ukraine government including President Zelensky. Additionally, there are others within Putin’s orbit that have resigned and fled Russia for fear of prosecution which really means execution.
One of Putin’s lawyers, Alain Pellet, resigned last week and described the reason to be the widely known fact that the Kremlin despises law… including international law. You can read his letter here.
The truth is, the ICJ should not begin or end with Putin as a war criminal, it should include the oligarchs and other Duma operatives that have enabled this war and the illegal activities associated with it including Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin.
Prigozhin is on the FBI’s most-wanted list.
He has a long list of criminal charges against him including that troll factory that was located in St. Petersburg that interfered with the 2014 U.S. election process. He has ties to Indonesia and Qatar as well.