Russia fully disavows ICC’s jurisdiction, judicial decisions — Kremlin

Russia is not a party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and therefore does not recognize any decisions handed down by the Hague-based ICC, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, commenting on arrest warrants issued by the ICC against Sergey Kobylash, commander of the Russian Aerospace Forces’ Long-Range Aviation, and Russian Black Sea Fleet Commander Viktor Sokolov. 

The Kremlin official noted: "We do not participate in the Statute, we do not recognize it. So we treat such decisions accordingly."

"This is not the first decision [by the ICC against Russia]," Peskov reiterated. Earlier, the court, unrecognized by Moscow, issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Children’s Rights Ombudswoman Maria Lvova-Belova. Putin’s press secretary also noted that "various [non-transparent] closed-door processes are underway" at the ICC.