{"id":1977174,"date":"2023-07-19T10:33:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T14:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-to-skip-johannesburg-summit-next-month-following-icc-arrest-warrant\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T10:33:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T14:33:39","slug":"putin-to-skip-johannesburg-summit-next-month-following-icc-arrest-warrant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-to-skip-johannesburg-summit-next-month-following-icc-arrest-warrant\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin won&#8217;t attend Johannesburg summit due to ICC arrest warrant."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fputin-to-skip-johannesburg-summit-next-month-following-icc-arrest-warrant%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1977174&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Russian President Vladimir Putin to Skip BRICS \u2064Summit in South Africa<\/h2>\n<p>Russian \u2064President Vladimir Putin has decided not to attend the\u2062 upcoming BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa.\u200c The decision comes as \u2064a result\u2063 of\u2062 the International Criminal Court&#8217;s warrant for his arrest in connection \u200dwith the war in \u2062Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The BRICS summit, \u200bwhich includes \u2064Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, will proceed \u2064without Putin&#8217;s presence. \u2064Instead, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov\u2064 will represent the\u2062 country at the event.<\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-to-skip-johannesburg-summit-next-month-following-icc-arrest-warrant\/\" title=\"Putin won't attend Johannesburg summit due to ICC arrest warrant.\">announcement puts<\/a> \u2064an\u2062 end\u2064 to months \u200bof \u2064speculation, as South \u200dAfrica, a signatory \u200dof\u2063 the\u2062 Rome Statute \u200dthat established the ICC,\u2064 would have been \u2064obligated\u2062 to \u200barrest Putin. The\u2064 South African \u2062government&#8217;s\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinafication-of-europe-eu-president-hints-at-bloc-wide-vaccine-mandate\/\" title=\"\u2018Chinafication of Europe\u2019: EU President Hints at Bloc-Wide Vaccine Mandate\">main opposition party<\/a> even took <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-canvassers-rescind-their-votes-to-certify-wayne-county-michigan-results\/\" title=\"Republican Canvassers Rescind Their Votes to Certify Wayne County, Michigan, Results\">legal action<\/a> \u200cto\u2063 compel the government\u2062 to arrest him \u2064if he \u200centered\u2063 the\u200d country.<\/p>\n<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa&#8217;s office acknowledged the challenges \u2063in executing such an arrest, stating\u2063 that Russia had \u200cmade it \u2062clear that \u2062arresting their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-kelly-same-people-criticizing-trump-peddled-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" title=\"Mike Kelly: Same People Criticizing Trump Peddled Russia Collusion Hoax\">sitting president<\/a>\u2064 would be seen as \u2062a \u200ddeclaration of war.<\/p>\n<p>Kremlin \u2063Spokesman\u2064 Dmitry Peskov denied\u200d the allegations, emphasizing that no \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-shuns-term-abraham-accords\/\" title=\"State Department Shuns Term \u2018Abraham Accords\u2019\">official communication<\/a>\u200d had \u200cbeen received regarding the arrest\u200b warrant. He stated\u2064 that attempting to encroach on the head of the \u2062Russian \u2062state\u2063 would have\u200d severe\u200d consequences.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 ICC issued the arrest \u200bwarrant for\u200c Putin in March, accusing him \u200cof being responsible for \u200dthe forced deportation \u200cof thousands\u200c of\u200c children to\u2064 Russia, where\u200c they\u2062 underwent political &#8220;reeducation&#8221; \u200ctraining. The\u200b warrant also \u2063included\u200b Maria \u200dAlekseyevna Lvova-Belova, the\u2064 commissioner for children&#8217;s rights in\u2063 the Office \u2062of the President of the \u2063Russian Federation,\u200c for\u2063 sharing responsibility \u2063in the deportations.<\/p>\n<p>Peskov strongly\u2062 condemned\u2064 the formulation\u200d of\u2062 the issue, \u2063considering it \u2064outrageous and unacceptable.<\/p>\n<h3>Source:<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>The Washington\u2064 Examiner<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin will skip the economic summit in Johannesburg, South Africa next month. The reason behind his absence is the International Criminal Court&#8217;s warrant for his arrest over the war in Ukraine. 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