A high-powered South African delegation met with ICC representatives almost 100 times in a bid to have Russian President Vladimir Putin’s warrant of arrest withheld until after the Brics bloc’s meeting in Johannesburg. All the details here:
A high-powered South African delegation met with International Criminal Court representatives almost 100 times in a bid to have Russian President Vladimir Putin’s warrant of arrest withheld until after the Brics bloc’s meeting in Johannesburg.
This happened from the time the ICC issued the warrant in March until this week when it was announced that Putin would not be attending the much-anticipated Brics summit next month.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
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