The International Criminal Court (ICC), which this Friday issued an arrest warrant against the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, it is nothing but “an instrument of the West” always ready to “harm” Russiasaid during this day the representative of Moscow before the Security Council, Vasili Nebenzia.
In a debate organized by the Council on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine, Nebenzia did not let the topic of the day go by and accused the ICC of being “a biased and incompetent body”which also “is in the process of self-destruction in terms of its own authority and international recognition.”
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In addition, in line with what was expressed this morning by other senior officials in Moscow, Nebenzia recalled that his country is not a signatory to the Rome Statute and therefore “the ICC has no jurisdiction over Russia or its citizens. Any document they issue is invalid, ”he reiterated.
On the other hand, Nebenzia also referred to the Black Sea grain agreements, which expire this Saturday, and made it clear again that his country considers them extended for only two more months, and their eventual extension beyond that will depend on whether restrictions on Russia’s own exports are lifted.
If Washington, Brussels and London want to continue exporting through maritime corridors, they should remember that they have two months left to end the sanctions that the logistics chain supports in relation to Russian agricultural exports,” he said.
Shortly before, he had ironized about the effects that the different obstacles and sanctions suffered by Russian products are having by ensuring that the Russian economy “keeps advancing” while those who are suffering (in the form of high prices) are the developing countries.
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