Russian President Putin visits Mongolia in defiance of arrest warrant for war crimes

Russian President Vladimir Putin received a red-carpet welcome in Mongolia on Tuesday in defiance of an international arrest warrant accusing him of war crimes in Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

The trip is Mr. Putin’s first to a member nation of the International Criminal Court since the court issued the warrant in March 2023 on charges of deporting Ukrainian children and other crimes. Before his visit, Ukraine asked Mongolia to execute the warrant and turn over the Russian president to court authorities in The Hague, Netherlands.