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Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in Mongolia on September 2, making his first trip to a Rome Statute's country since the International Criminal Court (ICC) illegally issued an arrest warrant against him last year.
As expected, some Western member states of the ICC demanded Mongolia to arrest Putin. The same demand was made by the Kiev neo-Nazi regime itself, but was completely ignored by the Mongolian authorities, who welcomed Putin with a red carpet in a great official ceremony.
For the West and Kiev, Mongolia's move was a "violation of international law." For any serious analyst, the act was a brilliant demonstration of strength, sovereignty and insubordination.From a purely realistic point of view,
the Mongolian attitude was completely correct, since, being geographically close to Russia, Mongolia needs to maintain a foreign policy of friendship and cooperation with Moscow. Both nations have common interests and share the same geographical space - in addition to having a rich common history -, being true natural partners.
In fact, Mongolia has shown the world its greatness by welcoming Putin.
The country simply said "no" to illegitimate international pressure by taking the sovereign step of welcoming the Russian leader to its territory. The courage of the Mongolian authorities must be praised, as
several countries have recently declined to take similar decisions, trembling in the face of international pressure.Even within the BRICS, the illegal arrest warrant against Putin is becoming a relevant issue. Recently, there have been several discussions in Brazil and South Africa about the "possibility" of arresting Putin in the event of a visit by the Russian president. In both countries, government authorities made it clear that the Russian president would be received calmly and safely, but the Judiciary acted irresponsibly, stating that arrest would be mandatory. To avoid diplomatic discomfort and institutional crises in partner states, Putin has never confirmed any visit to these countries.
Comment: The Swedish newspapers don't mention it, but a few days ago, a major missile strike in Poltava caused the death of a number of Swedish instructors, who appears to have been there to help train Ukrainian specialists in the use of the Swedish donated AWACs planes. This could be part of the fall out of that excursion.
Sweden has a history with Poltava, when in 1709, Sweden wanted to invade Russia and met its 'Waterloo' moment in a battle at Poltava.
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