In Moscow, the Basmanny Court ruled in absentia on the arrest in absentia of the judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Haykel Ben Mahfud, who had issued an arrest warrant against former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu , and the head of the army. General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov.
“The court granted the authorities’ request for preliminary investigation and arrested Haykel Ben Mahfud in absentia under Part 2 of Art. 301 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation”, – they told TASS in court.
The ICC judge was also included on the international wanted list.
“Haikel Ben Mahfud was detained in absentia under section 2 of art. 301 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, is also on the international list of wanted persons.” – indicated in court.
