Putin, a contemporary Hitler-lite who launched a bloody unprovoked war of aggression in Ukraine, has been wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) since March of 2023. All member states to the Rome Statute are legally obliged to arrest Putin and extradite him to the Court should he ever step foot in their territory. It was this fear of arrest that caused Putin to skip attendance of the 2023 BRICS Summit in South Africa, since South Africa is a member state.
No more. Today Putin touched ground in Mongolia, which is also a member state. But unlike in South Africa in 2023 he does not fear arrest. He will be in the country with impunity, presumably meet with its President, and then go back to Russia a free man. Because Mongolia will not touch him. In so doing, Mongolia has become an accomplice to Russia's crimes in Ukraine.
