Zhdanov recalled that in Russia, domestic legislation in the Russian Federation is honored higher than international law.
Interpol does not put the international criminal Vladimir Putin on the wanted list because no one in Russia would comply with the demands. In addition, the fate of Interpol itself in the Russian Federation was under threat.
As military expert Oleg Zhdanov noted, Interpol does not have independent jurisdiction to arrest, it works together with local law enforcement agencies.
"Today, to put on the wanted list (Putin) through Interpol is actually jeopardizing the presence of Interpol in the Russian Federation. Then the head of Interpol will have to go with this warrant to the head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation or the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, and? Then Interpol will fly out like a traffic jam from a bottle, from the Russian Federation," Zhdanov explained.
The expert recalled that a few years ago, Russia passed a law in which domestic legislation in the Russian Federation is honored higher than international law.
"For them, an international warrant is like toilet paper… If Interpol receives such a warrant and asks for its execution in the Russian Federation, it will be refused. And no one will respond," Zhdanov said.
However, Zhdanov considers the very situation with the decision of the International Criminal Court to issue a warrant for Putin's arrest to be the most important one, which actually made Putin an outcast in a number of countries of the world: "There is more of a political component here."
The chief prosecutor of the ICC noted that Putin will stand trial regardless of whether the Russian Federation recognizes this decision. In turn, experts point out that international sanctions will be lifted from Russia once the country extradites Putin to The Hague.
