Russia has put another judge from the International Criminal Court, which is seeking to arrest Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin, on its most wanted list.
A note in the Interior Ministry’s database referring to Costa Rican judge Sergio Gerardo Ugaldo Godinez said he was “wanted in the context of a criminal investigation.”
The notice did not provide any details about the charges against Godinez.
In March, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Putin on charges of committing the war crimes of illegally deporting Ukrainian children.
It also announced an arrest warrant on similar charges against Maria Lvova Belova, Moscow’s presidential commissioner for children’s rights.
Russia is not a member of the ICC, and the Kremlin insists that the arrest warrant against Putin is “invalid,” even though it has restricted the Russian leader’s travel abroad, as ICC member states are expected to implement arrest warrants issued by the court.
Putin avoided attending the BRICS summit of emerging economies in South Africa in August, saying he did not want to create “problems for our friends,” and he also skipped the G20 summit in India in September.
Russia previously issued arrest warrants against the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, and a number of judges, in addition to the President of the International Criminal Court, Pyotr Hofmansky.
The International Criminal Court opened a field office in Ukraine in September as part of efforts to investigate war crimes following the Russian invasion of the country.
