Maria Zakharova
Photo: Ivan MAKEEV
It would seem that new things can be added to the story about how, why and why the International Criminal Court on March 17 of this year issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and presidential commissioner for the rights of the child Maria Lvova. -Belova. However, on August 3, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, on her Telegram channel, unraveled the entire chain of events that led to this politicized decision of the ICC in The Hague.
– I love random matches in geopolitics. They have some kind of style. Like Agatha Christie. Now we are going to unravel the entire chain of events that led to the politicized and legally insignificant decision of the Pseudo International Criminal Court in The Hague… This scenario has a British author. And, apparently, a beginner, he realized.
First, Zakharova returned on February 21, 2023. Then there was the replacement of ICC Judge Antoine Kesia-Mbe Mindua (DR Congo) in the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber by the representative of Costa Rica (and graduate of Oxford) Sergio Gerardo Ugalde Godinez, who is ready to serve the West.
– After this was done, the English lobby in the House had an advantage. But what was needed was a personal factor, absolute control over ICC decisions by the British. Therefore, on the same day, February 21, the brother of ICC prosecutor Karim Khan, a former British member of parliament Imran Khan, accused of pedophilia, was released from an English prison ahead of schedule. He spent less than half of his term there, ”Zakharova continued with his fascinating story.
Literally the next day, on February 22, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan sent an appeal to the Pre-Trial Chamber with a request for approval of the “injunctions”. “One gets the impression that Karim Khan himself did not believe London and was waiting for confirmation of his promises to release his pedophile brother from prison,” Zakharova stressed.
But nothing happens. The camera is slow. To speed up the process and push for the “right” solution, London announces a donor conference for the ICC on March 20. “Transparently hinting that before this date, if they want to see British deductions in The Hague, they need results,” Zakharova adds another “pass” to this story. “Judges are easy to buy.”
Four days after the public announcement of the conference and three days before the conference, the ICC obediently issues an arrest warrant for Putin and Lvova-Belova.
– The ICC decisions are a cheap scenario completely and completely played out with British money. Only now the members of the ICC themselves are on the list of wanted criminals, – summed up the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
