Intl Criminal Court Judge Aitala Appears On Wanted List Of Russias Interior Ministry

 Rosario Salvatore Aitala, a judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) who had issued a warrant for the "arrest" of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has appeared in the database of wanted people of the Russian Interior Ministry, the database showed on Thursday.

"Basis for the search: wanted under an article of the Criminal Code," the wanted list in the database said.

A picture of Aitala with the caption "wanted" appeared at a stand near the Sviblovo District Department of the Internal Ministry in Moscow.

On March 2, 2022, the Office of the ICC Prosecutor, the jurisdiction of which is not recognized by Russia, started investigating war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine. On March 11, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan said an investigative team had started gathering evidence.