Armenia ratifies ICC Rome Statute in show of defiance against Russia

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Ahead of the vote, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Peskov said that Moscow would view any move to join the international court as "extremely hostile" towards Russia.

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00:00 Armenia's parliament has voted to join the International Criminal Court, a move that's

00:06 caused anger in Moscow and which has direct consequences for Russia's president.

00:11 In March, the ICC indicted Vladimir Putin for abducting thousands of Ukrainian children.

00:17 It means he can be arrested under warrant in any country that's signed up to the Rome

00:21 Statute, the international agreement under which the ICC was formed.

00:26 As a result, Putin's been absent from international summits, including August's gathering of

00:31 the BRICS countries in South Africa.

00:34 Putin's only input to the economic bloc's debates was conducted through video conference

00:38 calls.

00:39 Armenia, a former Soviet satellite country, said it had joined the ICC in the light of

00:44 Azerbaijan's forceful seizure of Nagorno-Karabakh.

00:47 The Azeris seized control under the noses of Russian peacekeeping forces.

00:53 [SWOOSH]

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