Ukraine calls on Mongolia to arrest Putin ahead of visit
www.bbc.com
Moscow says it has "no worries" about the visit, which is expected to happen next week.

Mongolian officials “have the obligation” to arrest Vladimir Putin if he visits the country next week, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has said.

The trip, expected to happen on Tuesday, will be the first time the Russian leader has visited an ICC member nation since the court ordered his arrest in March 2023.

  • Jordan117@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Not going to happen. Even if Mongolia were somehow immune to retaliation, Russia has like a 90% approval rating there.

  • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’m not going to blame Mongolia if they just ignore that. They do not have any ability to hold him.

    • neidu2@feddit.nlEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I’m having a hard time seeing why they couldn’t. It’d be a dipl9matic disaster for them to simply go “yeah, we lied” and arrest him, but on the other hand, I don’t see what russia could possibly do. Sure, medvedev will throw yhe usual hissyfit and threaten with invasion, but… he and which army?

      • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Well China happens to really like Putin. And both countries have special forces that are more than capable of grabbing him back without a wider war. But Mongolia is also land locked and not super developed on it’s own. So it’s likely to suffer a complete air and ground blockade until they give either country enough to make them forget it happened.

        There is no upside to Mongolia doing this. They aren’t strong enough to pull it off. And there are large consequences.

    • Valmond@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Would be the funniest twist this century though. Common n Mongols, have some humour!

  • Agent641@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Mongolia doesnt share a border with two belligerent superpowers. Two belligerent superpowers share a border with Mongolia.

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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            2 months ago

            What genocide is China currently partaking in?

            If you are going to attempt to spread misinformation about the Uyghur Genocide not being a genocide, I’m going to tell you right now as a moderator to not start with that.

          • draneceusrex@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            2 months ago

            Why hasn’t West Taiwan gone to war over Taiwan and the South China Sea? Because they are a Paper Tiger and know they would be embarrassed by the US Navy. That’s why the US shows up to every “minor dispute”, to keep the peace and support their allies. Additionally, China has recently been extremely belligerent concerning the border with India, which is a continuation of what has been happening since the 1960’s.

            Historically, you’ve also forgotten the CCPs military actions against Tibet, Vietnam, Cambodia, South Korea, and the many border conflicts with Russia/USSR.

            As for genocides, it is very convenient for you to forget about the Uyghurs…

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Folks who clapped like seals at the formation of NAFTA and the EU are forever mad and extremely nationalist the moment Ulaanbaatar and Beijing start engaging in a little cross-border economic development. The Mongolian Central Corridor has the opportunity to dramatically improve the livelihoods of millions of people, and the western response is to bankroll domestic terrorists to blow that shit up.

        Of course, these are the same idiots and assholes who staunchly defend a 9/11 every day in the Gaza strip. The Online American is far and away the most propagandized creature on earth.

      • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Good job pushing irrelevant pro-CCP propaganda into an article and comment section that had literally nothing to do with “America bad”

          • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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            2 months ago

            My guy, the top level comment was making a joke about Genghis Khan/Mongolia’s history, and the article doesnt even mention China. You’re the one who magically interpreted it with zero basis as an attack on your Dear Leader’s sensibilities.
            If your allegiance were any more transparent, you’d be a piece of glass. Please find your brain sometime soon, it misses you. This thread is over and my block list grows by one!

              • GiveMemes@jlai.luEnglish
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                2 months ago

                Dude… what? China is very much a belligerent superpower. Your whataboutism abt the US has literally nothing to do with the topic of discussion as it has no bearing on this geopolitical situation, whereas China DIRECTLY NEIGHBORS the nation in question, is routinely aggresive towards western-allied nations like the Phillipines (or momgolia), and tends to side with Russia over western institutions. Are you being purposely obtuse, or are you just that dense?

        • MaDMaX99@lemmy.zipEnglish
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          2 months ago

          It’s CPC, only the American propaganda media call it ccp for obvious reasons (they’re still obsessed with the Soviets (CCCP)) lol 😂

          • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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            2 months ago

            If your best argument counter is “haha yu put letters in the wrong order!!1”, you seriously need to work on your material better. That’s just low effort, man.

            • MaDMaX99@lemmy.zipEnglish
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              2 months ago

              It’s not letters in the wrong order little fella, the order of the words is important for the meaning of the message

          • Warl0k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            2 months ago

            Ackchually it’s 中国共产党

            The translation could go either way, which is why it was both CCP and CPC before CPC was the officially commented version. The old one has just stuck around since it’s a grammatically equivalent moniker, and nobody really cares. It’s not even disrespectful.

      • suction@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Well they’re both bad and the world would be better off without those countries which have a high percentage of people liking authoritarian leaders.

    • takeda@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Superpowers? China and what else? You mean the country up north that can’t finish their 3 day operation in Ukraine has no economical or geopolitical significance and no one put them in corner only because they have nukes?

  • abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.usEnglish
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    2 months ago

    So disappointed to discover that BBC updated the headline and the article (and no more than six hours later)…

    New headline: Ukraine calls on Mongolia to arrest Putin ahead of visit

    An ICC spokesperson told the BBC that Mongolian officials “have the obligation” to abide by ICC regulations, but clarified that this did not necessarily mean an arrest had to take place.

    The agreement says in some circumstances, states may be exempted from the obligation to carry out an arrest where they would be forced to “breach a treaty obligation” with another state or where it would violate “diplomatic immunity of a person or property of a third state”.

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        2 months ago

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    • realitista@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 months ago

      That would be hilarious if they arrested Putin but he just continued ruling the country from Moscow.

    • ms.lane@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      NCD on reddit had the idea of just putting him on a plane straight to USA, as there would be little to no possibility of China or Russia firing on a plane holding Putin.

      • Squizzy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Why the USA they themselves are not committed to the process and are not where the ICC is based.

        Some Team America ideas.

    • yeather@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 months ago

      You mean the great Mongolian Armed Forces bordering cowardly Russia? Russia physically could not invade Mongolia rn. China might but I doubt they would stir the pot that much over Putin.

  • TheObviousSolution@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    So will Mongolia lose its ICC rights when it doesn’t, or will they just feign attempt to feign a “we tried to arrest him, but he got away damnit!”?