.Russian Head of state Vladimir Putin will definitely go to Mongolia following week, the Kremlin declared Thursday, noting his 1st trip to a nation that is actually legitimately obligated to detain and also hand him over to the International Criminal Court (ICC).Last March, the ICC issued a warrant for Putin's arrest over accusations that Moscow illegally deported Ukrainian children surrounded by its recurring intrusion, currently in its own 3rd year. Mongolia is actually one of the signatories of the Rome Law, the treaty regulating the ICC, making it actually tied to abide by the court of law's requirements.Depending on to the Kremlin, Putin will certainly go to Mongolia at the invite of its head of state to commemorate the 1939 Soviet-Mongolian victory over Japan in the Battle of Khalkhin Gol." The heads of state will certainly review prospects for more development of the Russian-Mongolian thorough strategic alliance," the Kremlin pointed out in a statement.Mongolia, a long time ally of Russia, has preserved a neutral standpoint on the 2022 intrusion of Ukraine, creating it extremely unlikely that Ulaanbaatar would certainly apprehend Putin.A similar scenario took place in 2013 when South Africa, which is likewise a Rome Statute signatory, sought an exception to allow the Russian leader to attend a BRICS top. Putin inevitably picked to bypass the activity.Earlier recently, Russia and also Mongolia kept joint military exercises nicknamed Selenga-2024.