Russia does not recognize arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov and views them as absurd, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday, APA reports citing TASS.
"We do not recognize the jurisdiction of that court and we are not members of the corresponding statute. Correspondingly, we do not recognize these warrants," Peskov said.
"We consider them as quite absurd as the previous two warrants that related to the head of state and the children’s ombudswoman," the Russian presidential spokesman said.