• andallthat@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    is it just me or is this a diplomatic way to tell Putin to just stay in Russia without telling him “you’re not invited any longer”? To me it sounds like “uuh… man… if you REALLY want to come you definitely won’t be arrested here. Not by me, I mean. Oh, I got pressures, POWERFUL pressures and you ending up arrested or worse isn’t off the table but hey… do come and visit anyway if you want. We’re cool right?”

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      1 year ago

      They pretty much begged him not to come before as they are obligated to arrest him themselves due to ICC arrest warrant.

      • zephyrvs@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        Makes sense, though. Why escalate things unnecessarily if he can just attend remotely and have Lavrov take care of the backroom relationships?