That would be my very favorite Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, whose name has been missing from the news for the past week or so. But it cropped up again yesterday, briefly, when he said that his boss — that would be Vladimir Putin, of course — isn’t concerned about being arrested when he travels to Mongolia next week, despite the outstanding warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in March.

Welcome back, Dima. Your “voice” in the daily news out of Moscow has been sorely missed.

But about that trip to Ulaanbaatar . . .

I have to assume that you’re aware of the legal ramifications of Mongolia’s participation in the ICC’s Rome Statute, requiring that country to comply with the Court’s warrant. Yet you have said, in your inimitable casual manner:

“There are no worries, we have a great dialogue with our friends from Mongolia.” [The Moscow Times, August 30, 2024.]

And when specifically asked if the arrest warrant had been discussed with Mongolia’s authorities ahead of the scheduled visit, you replied that:

“ . . . all aspects of the visit were carefully prepared.” [Id.]

Oh, you are the master of dissembling. Let’s just hope, for the sake of your job security, that your “friends” in Mongolia — who have thus far maintained a neutral position on Putin’s “special military operation” in Ukraine — know what they’re doing.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
8/31/24