The trip is Russian President Vladimir Putin's first to a member country of the International Criminal Court since it issued the warrant about 18 months ago.
visited Mongolia on Tuesday with no sign that the host country would bow to calls to arrest him on an international warrant for alleged war crimes stemming from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
But it remains economically dependent on its two much larger and more powerful neighbours, Russia and China. Member countries are required to detain suspects if an arrest warrant has been issued, but Mongolia needs to maintain good relations with Russia and the court lacks a mechanism to enforce its warrants.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, centre left, and Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh attend a welcome ceremony in Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024 Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, walks with Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, left, during welcoming ceremony at Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024.
Police and security officers prevent members of the "No War" group from holding up a Ukrainian flag during the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. Putin, on his first visit to Mongolia in five years, participated in a ceremony to mark the 85th anniversary of a joint Soviet and Mongolian victory over Japan's army when it controlled Manchuria in northeast China. Thousands of soldiers on both sides died in months of fighting in 1939 over the location of the border between Manchuria and Mongolia.
Putin has made a series of overseas trips in recent months to try to counter the international isolation he faces over the invasion of Ukraine.
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