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The Prosecutor v. Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova


Case Sheet · ICC

The Prosecutor v. Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova

Situation Situation in Ukraine
Status Pre-Trial · At Large

Context

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is the President of the Russian Federation. Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova is the Commissioner for Children's Rights in the Office of the President of the Russian Federation. Both suspects are not in ICC custody.

Pre-Trial

Application for arrest warrants 22 February 2023
Arrest warrants 17 March 2023 (under seal)
Crimes at arrest warrants
War crime of unlawful deportation and transfer ·  art. 8(2)(a)(vii)-1 RS.
War crime of transfer, directly or indirectly, by the Occupying Power of parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies, or the deportation or transfer of all or parts of the population of the occupied territory within or outside this territory art. 8(2)(b)(viii) RS.

Key Documents

Arrest warrants Press Release on the Issuance of Arrest Warrants (17 March 2023)
ICC case page Official ICC page — The Prosecutor v. Putin and Lvova-Belova