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Russian President Vladimir Putin gets Arrest Warrant From International Criminal Court

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The International Criminal Court on Friday issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday alleging war crimes in Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, reported Scroll. 

Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year, triggering the most deadly conflict in Europe since World War II. Moscow claims it is a special military operation that is necessary to prevent Kyiv from being used as a platform for Western aggression. But Ukraine and its Western allies say it is an imperial-style war of occupation.

The International Criminal Court on Friday accused Putin of unlawful deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia since Moscow’s invasion in 2022.

“Many of these children, we allege, have since been given for adoption in the Russian Federation,” said The Hague. “The law was changed in the Russian Federation, through Presidential decrees issued by President Putin, to expedite the conferral of Russian citizenship, making it easier for them to be adopted by Russian families.”

Besides Putin, the court has also issued an arrest warrant against Maria Lvova-Belova, the Russian commissioner for children’s rights.

However, the chances of Putin facing a trial remain bleak as Russia does not recognize the court’s jurisdiction or extradite its nationals.

The court also does not have a police of its own to enforce its orders. But the arrest warrant could affect Putin’s travels whenever he seeks to attend an international summit in a nation that is a member of the International Criminal Court.

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Maharashtra Farmers, Marching To Mumbai Over Onion Prices, Call Off Protest

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The farmers also wanted steps to arrest a slide in the prices of soybean, cotton, and tur, and immediate relief to farmers affected by recent unseasonal rains and other natural calamities.

A day after Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde told the state Assembly that he had held discussions with a farmers’ delegation over their demands, thousands of farmers marching from Nashik to Mumbai have decided to call off their agitation. CPI leader and former MLA Jiva Pandu Gavit, who is leading the 200-km ‘long march’, announced the decision today, reported NDTV. 

Mr. Gavit said the state government has taken immediate steps to fulfill its promises, with District Collectors visiting Nashik and several other places.

“We feared that the government will just give assurances, and not act on them. However, now that they have started taking appropriate action, we have decided to withdraw our agitation. All the farmers are returning home,” he said.

Mr Shinde said he has discussed 14 points, including forest rights, encroachment of forest land, transfer of land belonging to temple trusts and grazing grounds to cultivators for farming, with the farmers’ delegation.

Appealing to the farmers to withdraw their long march, Mr Shinde had said the decisions taken will be implemented immediately.

Onion growers, facing losses due to low prices of the commodity and damage to crops by unseasonal rains, would be given ₹ 350 per quintal as financial relief, he said.

Farmers had demanded ₹ 600 per quintal relief to onion farmers, 12-hour uninterrupted power supply to farmers, and waiver of farm loans. Onion farmers in Maharashtra have been hit hard by a steep fall in prices. Chief Minister Shinde has said high production has led to this situation.

The farmers also wanted steps to arrest a slide in the prices of soybean, cotton, and tur, and immediate relief to farmers affected by recent unseasonal rains and other natural calamities.

Those in the procession are also demanding implementation of the Old Pension Scheme for state government employees who have joined service post-2005.

The march was organized by the CPM and besides farmers, many workers in the unorganized sector, such as ASHA workers, and members of tribal communities participated in it.

This march was similar to the 2018 ‘Kisan Long March’ from Nashik to Mumbai, also organized by the Left parties. They had demanded a loan waiver and transfer of forest land to tribal farmers tilling it for years, and then Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis accepted it

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