These are not just threats and scares, – Yakovenko suggested whether Putin will live to see the tribunal

< p _ngcontent-sc91 class="news-annotation">Before the end of 2024, a special tribunal for Vladimir Putin will most likely be created. Two main options are being considered: an international tribunal based on a multilateral agreement or a simplified solution based on a bilateral agreement between Ukraine and the Council of Europe. Traditionally, the Russian media ridiculed such news, but in vain.

The head of the Kremlin has long been wanted as a war criminal for committing genocide against Ukrainian children. About this 24 Channelsaid Russian opposition journalist Igor Yakovenko, noting that the number of articles according to which Putin will be judged is constantly increasing. Will he live to see the tribunal and what fate may await him – read the material. be different.

It is the message to the Russian community and elites that the tribunal has been created, these are not just threats and scarecrows, but specific articles who are moving against Putin and his entourage,” said Yakovenko.

On the one hand, it shows people their perspectives. On the other hand, this is a wonderful thing that ultimately draws a line of demarcation in the Russian government. Those who committed the crime must only await sentencing. Those who have not committed a crime are faced with a choice – to escape or to hold back.

Will Putin live to face the tribunal

According to Yakovenko, if as a result of a serious military defeat there is an “explosion” among the security forces, then Vladimir Putin is unlikely to live to face the tribunal.

“The likelihood that Putin will face the fate not of Saddam Hussein, but of Muammar Gaddafi or Nicolae Ceausescu, more. That is, they will remove their own people,” emphasized Igor Yakovenko.

What happened to Hussein, Gaddafi and Ceausescu

On November 5, 2006, the Iraqi High Criminal Tribunal sentenced Saddam Hussein to death by hanging for the 1982 massacre of 148 Shiites in Dujaili. In 2011, Muammar “Mad Dog” Gaddafi, who was known for repression, killed his own people. The Libyans detained him wounded and subjected him to real torture – three hours of abuse. They poured salt and sand into his wounds, dragged him by car around the city while still alive, and then put him on display in an industrial refrigerator. In December 1989, Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were executed. They were accused of genocide of their own people and having accounts in foreign banks. Everything happened in a hurry – the trial, the verdict – and the execution.

Russia cannot escape punishment for the war in Ukraine

• The new President of the International Criminal Court, Tomoko Akane, recently expressed confidence that Vladimir Putin will be brought to justice for crimes against Ukraine. By the way, it was Akane who issued an arrest warrant for the Russian dictator in 2023.
• The ICC issued arrest warrants for the commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Viktor Sokolov, and the commander of the long-range aviation of this aggressor country, Sergei Mare. They are suspected of violating the laws and customs of war.
• Not long ago, Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Igor Zhovkva announced the adoption of an agreement between Ukraine and the Netherlands. The countries agreed on the location of the tribunal for Russian aggression. The Netherlands will initiate the location of the future court in The Hague.
• In addition, Prosecutor General Andrei Kostin previously stated that the number of defendants in the tribunal over the Russian leadership is up to 30 people. According to him, Sergei Shoigu and Valery Gerasimov can already be persecuted at the international level, because they do not have any immunity.