Putin Visits Mongolia in Defiance of ICC Arrest Warrant

Russian President Vladimir Putin received a red-carpet welcome to Mongolia as the country ignored calls to arrest him on an international warrant for alleged war crimes stemming from Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine

Putin will meet President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa on Tuesday after arriving Monday night in the nation sandwiched between Russia and China.

Putin was given the red-carpet treatment, met his Mongolian counterpart and talked trade ties and bilateral relations.

Putin arrived in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar for a state visit late Monday evening, when he was greeted by Mongolian Minister of Foreign Affairs Battsetseg Batmunkh and flanked by an honor guard.