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    1. JesusMcTurnip on

      Ukraine’s foreign ministry sharply criticized Mongolia for failing to execute an international arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin during his recent visit.

      Mongolia’s government defended its decision not to execute an international arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin during his official visit on 2 August.

      A government spokesperson told POLITICO that Mongolia’s energy dependence on Russia made it difficult to act on the International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant for Putin’s arrest over alleged war crimes in Ukraine.

      “Mongolia imports 95% of its petroleum products and over 20% of electricity from our immediate neighborhood, which have previously suffered interruption for technical reasons. This supply is critical to ensure our existence and that of our people,” the spokesperson said.

      The landlocked nation of 3.3 million people, situated between Russia and China, maintains a policy of neutrality in its diplomatic relations. Despite being a member of the ICC, which issued the arrest warrant for Putin in March 2023, Mongolia did not act upon its obligations to execute the warrant.

      The Ukrainian foreign ministry criticized Mongolia’s inaction. Spokesperson Heorhii Tykhii called it “a heavy blow to ICC and the international criminal justice system,” adding that “Mongolia allowed the indicted criminal to escape justice, thereby sharing responsibility for his war crimes.”

      During his visit, Putin invited Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh to the upcoming BRICS summit in Russia.

      The Mongolian government spokesperson said that Putin’s visit aligns with the tradition of commemorating the 1939 victory of Soviet and Mongolian forces over Japan in the Battle of Khalkhin Gol.

      Legal experts said Mongolia may face prosecution for failing to act on the ICC warrant. The European Union, Ukraine, and human rights organizations previously urged Mongolia to fulfill its obligations as an ICC member state.

      Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on 30 August Mongolia to fulfill its obligations and arrest Putin during his upcoming visit.

    2. wish1977 on

      Like they were in any position to do that. Mongolia has 3.5 million citizens. Moscow itself has almost 13 million people. You don’t start fights you can’t finish.

    3. pongothebest on

      Sound like blackmail to me. Putin is thug, can it get anymore obvious?

    5. Queenie_lady_of_the_ on

      “The ICC doesn’t have quite the military that Russia does”

      -Mongolia

    8. Ordinary_Scale_5642 on

      No kidding, it’s much easier to be a keyboard warrior than to actually have to make the decision.

    9. Kelutrel on

      Energy does not belong to Putin. When he’s arrested, Russia still has energy to sell. Or the EU can sell that energy. Pretty sure China would not be against selling it either. They were just scared of nothing.

    10. Iyellkhan on

      also the risk of military intervention against them. you can’t just arrest the head of one of the worlds most nuclear armed states and think there wont be enormous repercussions.

    11. Hayes4prez on

      Anyone who is angry at Mongolia doesn’t understand geopolitics or strategy. Mongolia is sandwiched between China & Russia, they’re imprisoned by geography.

    12. Naughty_Ornice93 on

      Sure, they could have arrested Putin and sent him on a flight to The Hague, but getting Putin convicted doesn’t magically destroy Russia and Mongolia‘s energy supply would have been in shambles because of Russia starving them out in retaliation. I doubt any country wants to sacrifice itself in order to execute a warrant on a foreign politician, regardless of what the ICC says.

    13. Twin_Titans on

      Ding ding ding. 🛎️

      Exactly why the United States warned Germany about Nord Stream.

    14. reaperfunk on

      The courageous Putin is flaunting the law in a country that has no choice in this stunt. Putin is such a small man.

    17. cookee-monster on

      Ukrainian leadership is saying what they have to say. Mongolian leadership is doing what it has to do.

      This is a nothing burger

    18. Vaxtez on

      Whilst Mongolia in theory should have arrested Putin, it would be too risky for Mongolia to do it and it would cause havok on their economy, so Mongolia really had their hands tied here & from Mongolia’s view, it was probably safer to just not do the arrest due to the consequences.

    23. Awkward-Sense-5974 on

      Anyone who thinks Mongolia actually could’ve arrested him is delusional

    24. KeyLog256 on

      Did anyone really expect Mongolia to arrest Putin? Then what? What’s the realistic scenario here?

      It would be _great_ if they simply arrested him and he rotted in a prison cell in the Gobi desert for however long he has left and a peaceful democratic leader took over Russia, but that wouldn’t happen. 

      Ask any US intelligence expert – Putin is (perhaps bizarrely) seen as something as a moderate by the US and most Western intelligence services. There are ultra hardline nationalists gagging to fight for his position when he dies, the kind who’d lob nukes at Kiev for fun.

    26. dustofdeath on

      No one expected them to arrest him, but failing as an ICC member must come with consequences. Otherwise others will also stop respecting it.

    27. northaviator on

      they should just become an oblast, if they don’t want to be a responsible country.

    28. StompingChip on

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    31. ThaddCorbett on

      Thats all?

      If I were Mongolia I’d be more worried about the fact that my country is samdwiched between Russia and Russia’s best friend.

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