Mongolia ignores international warrant for Putin’s arrest

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh attend a meeting at the Saaral Ordon Government Building in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin received a red carpet welcome to Mongolia, as the country ignored calls to arrest him on an international warrant for alleged war crimes stemming from Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

The trip, which concluded on Tuesday night, was Mr Putin’s first to a member nation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) since it issued the warrant in March 2023.