Putin may go to the G20 summit in Brazil, where he is bound to be arrested

Ukraine has information that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin may attend the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Brazil in November. The Kremlin leader is expected to be arrested if he does.

This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing an interview with Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin for Reuters.

Kostin noted that the international community needs to unite to make the Russian dictator answer for his crimes.

“Due to the information that Putin may attend the G20 summit in Brazil, I would like to emphasize once again that the Brazilian authorities, as a state party to the Rome Statute, are obliged to arrest him if he dares to come,” the prosecutor general emphasized.

He added that if Putin is arrested, Brazil will reaffirm its status as a democratic and rule-of-law state.

But if the Brazilian authorities do not want to execute the arrest warrant, Kostin said, a precedent could be set in which leaders accused of crimes can travel with impunity.

Unnamed Brazilian officials told Reuters that their country has extended a standard invitation to Putin to the G20 meeting to be held in Rio de Janeiro on November 18-19, but there is no sign of the dictator's participation.

Author - Dmitriy Levchenko, 15/10/2024