is it really in china s interests to stop the war if we consider the most cynical potential possibility? in a way, russia is doing china s dirty work. it is challenging the west, it is making the best eat up all of these military resources it has and actually furthering beijing s geopolitical goals. that said, of course, it has also disrupted trade, and china did have good relations with ukraine before the war started. so, for those reasons, people might say it wants to have peace. steven mcdonald there in beijing. one of the effects of the russian invasion is to make russia s neighbours seek tojoin invasion is to make russia s neighbours seek to join nato. turkey says it s decided to start the process of ratifying finland s application to join nato after long delays. but it says more talks are needed about sweden s bid. president recep tayyip erdogan says finland has kept the agreement the three countries made last year,
is much more than symbolic. find failed to determine anything. this is much more than symbolic. and we have “ust is much more than symbolic. and we have just been is much more than symbolic. and we have just been hearing is much more than symbolic. and we have just been hearing in is much more than symbolic. and we have just been hearing in the - is much more than symbolic. and we have just been hearing in the last - have just been hearing in the last few minutes from the international criminal court chief prosecutor with some details about these allegations that the arrest warrant is based on, and the chief prosecutor saying this is the first concrete step. other investigations are continuing, but this, according to reuters, they are saying that the allegation is that hundreds of children were taken from ukraine to russia, and that they ve since been given for adoption in the russian federation. but this is quite a narrow specific kind of charge. is that the best way to do th
putin. the court could have focused on lots of other military commanders on the russian side who have bombed civilians, schools, hospitals, residential areas, all of which are accused of being war crimes. instead, what the court has done, it has chosen to focus on two things. one, the deportation of children, which is, you know, considered a war crime. but also specifically on the responsibility of notjust the children s commissioner but president putin himself. the court says the reason they are doing it is to try and deter this happening at the moment. they say this crime is ongoing at the moment and by going public with these declarations of the warrants, they are trying to deter further crimes taking place. whether that succeeds or not remains to be seen. so i think the significance of this is, you are right, it is very unlikely that president putin is going to leave russia and place
criminal and that therefore he has to be treated from now on by the world as a criminal. that is very, very important. for example, it may stop any disintegration of the coalition of supporting countries. how can they depart from the support they ve been given for a country led by a man who has said, in respect of the very conflict of the war, to be a criminal, much more difficult for them. consideralso a criminal, much more difficult for them. consider also the efforts being made by parliamentarians from ukraine supported by others from around the world to relieve russia perhaps by suspension of its powers in the security council of the towing motions that might otherwise be passed. if it were to be relieved of its veto power, than it would be possible, which it is in denial, for
whether he will do it or not i do not know but it is an important if not know but it is an important if not vital move ofjustice. there were thousands of children s deported. were thousands of children s deported- were thousands of children s deorted. ~ ., ., ~ ., , deported. what do you think it means for putin in terms deported. what do you think it means for putin in terms of deported. what do you think it means for putin in terms of his deported. what do you think it means for putin in terms of his global- for putin in terms of his global standing diplomatically? there are many countries who haven t come out against russia, horse art of sitting on the fence, if you like. with that make difference to them question mark we have the chinese president going to russia next week for the state visit with resident putin and note president putin has an arrest warrant on his head. i note president putin has an arrest warrant on his head. warrant on his head. i think, perhaps. warran