Why is Putin not arrested in Alaska despite an arrest warrant?

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin come together three and a half years after the start of the Ukraine secretary in Alaska to talk about a possible peace. ((Current information about the Trump Putin summit can be found in our newsblog)))

Trump insured not to conclude an agreement without being included in Kiev. Nevertheless, the summit between the two heads of state is eagerly awaited.

But: Isn’t there an arrest warrant against Putin? Yes, there is. However, he will not prevent him from traveling to Alaska.

Trump is a host, Putin comes as a guest. For Trump, the journey will take almost as long as for Putin: Alaska is the northernmost state in the United States. It is not that far from Russia – at the narrowest point it is only a few kilometers. The Meerenge Beringstrasse separates the area of Russian territory.

Alaska is – in the spirit of Putin – far from Europe to show that Europeans are basically outside. And for security reasons, it is also ideal for the Kremlin chief because no third countries are involved.

The arrest warrant of the International Criminal Court (ISTGH) Above all against Putin symbolic meaning: the court based in the Haag has no police night to arrest the Kremlin chief. And unlike the European Union or Canada, which borders Alaska, neither the United States nor Russia recognizes the Court of Justice. Therefore, the United States is not obliged to act.

The ICC had issued its arrest warrant against Putin in March 2023. There are “reasonable reasons to assume” that the Kremlin chief “was responsible for the war crime of the illegal deportation” Ukrainian children to Russia, the court said at the time.

The government in Kiev accuses the Russian authorities of bringing thousands of children from children’s homes and other state institutions to Russia from the Ukrainian areas controlled by it. Media research showed that Ukrainian children were adopted by Russian families and their names were changed. This brought Moscow to want to wipe out the Ukrainian identity of the children.

The Russian authorities, on the other hand, assure them that they have brought some children from the surrounding area of combat areas to their own protection to Russia.