(CNN)Russia says it will withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) under a directive signed by President Vladimir Putin.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said the ICC had "failed to meet the expectations to become a truly independent, authoritative international tribunal," in a statement released Wednesday.
It described the ICC as "ineffective," adding that "during the 14 years of the court's work it passed only four sentences having spent over a billion dollars."
Russia also criticized the court's handling of the country's five-day conflict with neighboring Georgia in 2008, saying "we can hardly trust the ICC in such a situation."
Russia quits International Criminal Court
Russia quits International Criminal Court
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/16/world ... d=31217123
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Re: Russia quits International Criminal Court
The Court is deeply flawed and the last gasp of Europeans trying to rule the world.
The idea is good but so fundamently poorly executed as to be useless.
The idea is good but so fundamently poorly executed as to be useless.
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Nothing it will never come. Death before defeat. I don’t bend or break. I end, if I meet a foe capable of it. Victory is in forcing the opponent to back down. I do not. There is no defeat.