The Prosecutor General sent requests to several countries to extradite ICC representatives

Brief retelling from RIA II

The Russian Prosecutor General's Office sent requests to the Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands and a number of other countries to extradite representatives of the International Criminal Court (ICC) convicted in absentia in the Russian Federation.

In December 2025, the Moscow City Court sentenced nine representatives of the ICC in absentia from 3.5 to 15 years in prison for bringing a knowingly innocent person to criminal responsibility, illegal detention and detention, as well as attacking persons or institutions that enjoy international protection or the threat of attack.

MOSCOW, October 8 - RIA Novosti. The Russian Prosecutor General's Office has sent requests to the Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands and a number of other countries to extradite nine representatives of the International Criminal Court (ICC) convicted in absentia in the Russian Federation, the press service of the Russian department reported.

In December 2025, the Moscow City Court sentenced nine representatives of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in absentia from 3.5 to 15 years in prison. They were found guilty in absentia of bringing a knowingly innocent person to criminal responsibility, illegal detention and detention, and attacking persons or institutions that enjoy international protection or the threat of attack.

“The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office sent requests to the Ministry of Justice and Security of the Netherlands, as well as to a number of other countries, to detain and extradite representatives of the International Criminal Court convicted in absentia in Russia,” the department’s press service reported.

It is noted that we are talking about ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan, President of the Court Piotr Józef Hofmanski, First Vice-President Carranza Luz del Carmen Ibáñez, Judges Tomoko Akane, Rosario Salvatore Aital, Sergio Gerardo Ugalde Godinez, Bertram Schmitt, Rene Adelaide Sophie Alapini-Gansu and Haykel Bene Mahfude.

All of them are on the international wanted list.

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov stated that Russia does not recognize the ICC and its jurisdiction. He noted that for many years, neither international judicial bodies, even those that we do not recognize, nor other members of the international community bothered to pay attention to the destruction of civilian infrastructure, to the killings of civilians that Ukrainian nationalists carried out in the Donbass.