Ukraine updates: Scholz welcomes ICC warrant for Putin

Russia is not a party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and bears no obligations under it,

The decisions of the International Criminal Court have no meaning for our country, including from a legal point of view,

The arrest warrant for President Putin is a strong message to the global community that the world will not idly watch while war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity are being committed within territories of individual countries,

The result of this is he’s not going to travel any place he thinks he might get arrested,

We discussed the further provision of necessary assistance to our country, in particular vehicles, weapons and ammunition,

He is not going to be able to travel pretty much anywhere else beyond the countries that are either clearly allies or at least somewhat aligned (with) Russia,

Russia does not cooperate with this body and possible 'recipes' for arrest coming from the international court will be legally void as far as we are concerned,

We regard any attacks on the President of the Russian Federation as aggression against our country,

We do not recognize this court, we do not recognize the jurisdiction of this court. This is how we treat this,

According to the ICC statute, which has 123 state parties, two-thirds of the whole international community, the court has jurisdiction over crimes committed in the territory of a state party or a state which has accepted its jurisdiction,

The deadline is approaching,

The international criminal court is the right institution to investigate war crimes …The fact is nobody is above the law and that’s what’s becoming clear right now,

The west is showing that it’s ready to go all the way,

The world changed. The ICC issued an arrest warrant for 'strategist' Putin. It's a clear signal to Russian elites of what will happen to them and why it won't be 'as before.' It's the beginning of Russia's end in its current form on the world stage. It's a clear legal procedure. Just wait,

The evidence we presented focused on crimes against children. Children are the most vulnerable part of our society,

It’s great that the international community has appreciated this work to help the children of our country: That we don’t leave them in war zones, that we take them out, that we create good conditions for them, that we surround them with loving, caring people,

There have been sanctions against me from all countries, even Japan, and now an arrest warrant...,

Mr Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, President of the Russian Federation, is allegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation,

No-one responsable for crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine, regardless of their status, should escape justice,

The court has jurisdiction over crimes committed on anyone on the territory of Ukraine from November 2013 onwards regardless of nationality of the alleged perpetrators,

Wheels of Justice are turning: I applaud the ICC decision to issue arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova over forcible transfer of Ukrainian children,

The world received a signal that the Russian regime is criminal and its leadership and henchmen will be held accountable,

Today’s decision is a historic step. But it is only the beginning of the long road to restore justice,

I can only hope that there is something to be learned from this. To those who continue to deny justice to victims of State-sponsored abuses, including the excesses of a failed Drug War, consider this fair warning,

Now I know what it means to be a mother of a child from Donbas -- it is a difficult job but we love each other, that is for sure,

We view the very approach to the matter as outrageous and unacceptable,

This makes Putin a pariah. If he travels he risks arrest. This never goes away. Russia cannot gain relief from sanctions without compliance with the warrants,

Now you have the head of state of Russia, a permanent member of the UN Security Council, who is now a wanted man by the ICC,

There is no doubt that Russia is committing war crimes and atrocities (in) Ukraine, and we have been clear that those responsible must be held accountable,

Washington and Brussels now understand: if there is Putin, there is Russia,

As more and more Serb citizens and members of the army grew tired of his iron grip on power and his squandering the lives of young Serb men in neighboring Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo, his support crumbled, and in June 2001, he was arrested by Serb authorities and removed to The Hague on that arrest warrant where he was tried for international crimes,

It is very symbolic that international law issues an arrest warrant for the Russian dictator on the same day when Putin began the annexation of Crimea in 2014. By the way, I would like to remind you that many people said that Putin should have immunity from arrest as the head of state. I will not specify the names of these people. However, today I am very pleased that the International Criminal Court in The Hague has issued an arrest warrant for the Russian president. This is the right and correct decision. The decision to issue an arrest warrant for Putin is a sign that the civilized world is moving in the right direction,

That's right,

That’s going to require a fundamental change in Russian politics, and that doesn’t seem to be in the making in the near term,

This is a historic decision which will lead to historic accountability,

I would like to see the country that arrests Putin by the decision of the Hague. Some eight minutes after. Or however long the flight time will be to its capital,

Russia’s Investigative Committee will identify specific individuals from among the ICC judges who made the obviously illegal decisions,

He's clearly committed war crimes,

Washington and Brussels have exhausted all possible sanctions and unfriendly actions,

Well, I think it's justified,

Look at (Slobodan) Milosevic or Charles Taylor or (Radovan) Karadzic or (Ratko) Mladic,