The Russian Interior Ministry said on July 27 that International Criminal Court (ICC) Judge Tomoko Akane has been placed on the government's wanted list. The ICC issued arrest warrants in March for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his children's commissioner, Maria Lvova-Belova, for being responsible for the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia -- a war crime under international legislation. Russia retaliated by opening criminal cases against ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan and judges who ordered Putin's arrest, including Akane and the Italian Rosario Salvatore Aitala. Moscow had already placed Khan and Aitala on its wanted list over the past two months. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, click here.
Russia Places Another ICC Judge On Its Wanted List
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