ICC Issues Arrest Warrants for Two Russian Officials Accused of War Crimes

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Friday, June 28, 2024
Author: 
Austin Wahl
Volume: 
40
Issue: 
7
Abstract: 

               On June 24, 2024, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for two top Russian officials: Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu and Valery Vasilyevich Gerasimov, Russia’s former defense minister and Russia’s current chief of the army, respectively.  The ICC accuses both men of targeting Ukraine’s electric infrastructure during the war, a move that inflicted needlessly extensive (proportionate to the military gain) harm on the civilian population, according to the Hague-based court.