DISINFO: Putin ICC arrest warrant organised by a group of British paedophiles
SUMMARY
The issuance of a warrant for Putin's arrest by the International Criminal Court (ICC) is organized by a group of British pedophiles. It turns out that the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Karim Ahmad Khan, issued the strange order to arrest Putin in exchange for the early release of his brother, Imran Ahmad Khan. Imran is not just a paedophile. He is also gay and a member of the British Parliament.
A secret society of paedophiles seeks revenge on Putin for Russia's policies aimed at strengthening the family and against LGBT propaganda and paedophilia.
RESPONSE
The claim that Karim Khan issued the warrant for Putin’s arrest in exchange for his brother’s release from prison is false. Under British law, it was known immediately after Imran Ahmad Khan was sentenced to 18 months in prison that he would be released on parole after nine months. Read the full debunk here.
This is a conspiracy theory, part of a larger pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative on the moral decay of the West, in the context of Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. See other narratives aiming at justification of this non provoked aggression, such is Nazism and Western biological weapons in Ukraine.
On 17 March 2023, the ICC issued arrest warrants for two individuals in the context of the situation in Ukraine: Vladimir Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova. The court alleges Putin is responsible for war crimes, and has focused on the unlawful deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia committed from 24 February 2022 - when Russia launched its full-scale invasion.
In a statement, the ICC said it had reasonable grounds to believe that Putin committed the criminal acts directly, as well as working with others. It also accused him of failing to use his presidential powers to stop children being deported.
According to Ukrainian governmental data, by April 3, 2023, 467 children have died, 944 were wounded, 379 are reported missing, 19 531 deported, 328 previously abducted children returned to Ukraine.
Russian disinformation media are trying to reduce the UN-sponsored institution of the ICC, which employs 18 judges, to a meaningless organisation. The Russian Foreign Ministry called any decisions of the ICC “insignificant from the point of view of law”, and the Kremlin specifies that Moscow does not recognize the jurisdiction of this court. Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitri Medvedev threatened the court with a hypersonic missile.
For context, see also the debunk of the false pro-Kremlin media narrative that the West encourages paedophilia.
See more cases concerning the ICC arrest warrant here.