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Lula says Putin will not be arrested at Brazil G20 meeting (www.aljazeera.com)

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said that Russian leader Vladimir Putin will not be arrested in Brazil if he attends the Group of 20 meeting in Rio de Janeiro next year.

Lula, speaking to the Firstpost news show at the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Delhi on Saturday, said Putin would be invited to next year’s event.

He added that he himself planned to attend a BRICS bloc of developing nations meeting due in Russia before the Rio meeting.

“I believe that Putin can go easily to Brazil,” Lula said. “What I can say to you is that if I’m president of Brazil, and he comes to Brazil, there’s no way he will be arrested.”

The statement comes after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant against Putin in March, accusing him of the war crime of illegally deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine.

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[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I am fully pro ukraine.

Because if they arrest him, there could easily be bloodshed outside of Ukraine. As much as nato countries are happy to support Ukraine currently, they aren't interested in inviting conflict to their own borders

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

Acting on behalf of the ICC, not the nation, I could see it happening and not causing too much issue. Putin won't be going anywhere that may possibly do so though, so it's not worth considering.

[-] Edgelord_Of_Tomorrow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Russia barely has the logistics capability to defeat a country right next door.

Ignoring the fact the Brazil has a defensive treaty with the US, how exactly is Russia going to do an amphibious invasion?

This is all ignoring that the first thing Russia would do is turn on itself once Putin was out of the picture.

[-] ours@lemmy.film 2 points 1 year ago

Probably far from enough to make a difference but Russia has troops and bases in neighboring Venezuela.

It would still be a logistical nightmare considering the distances involved between Venezuela's border and the important Brazilian cities and the whole Amazon rainforest in between them.

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Huh? Russia could just attempt assassinations, terrorist style attacks, etc

Again I'm not saying it's the wrong thing to arrest him, just that it has consequences

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