"Mongolia imports 95% of its petroleum products and over 20% of electricity from our immediate neighborhood (Russia), which has previously suffered interruption for technical reasons. This supply is critical to ensure our existence and that of our people," the Mongolian spokesperson said in a statement to Politico.

Mongolia’s energy dependence complicates the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin under an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant, a Mongolian government spokesperson told Politico in a statement on Sept. 3.

  • blackn1ght
    111·
    12 days ago

    I doubt any EU country, or even the US, would actually drag Putin before a court.

    Why wouldn’t they?

    • Kaput@lemmy.world
      7·
      12 days ago

      Well the USA does not endorse the international Court if I remember correctly. They even pressured it in the past and stated they would take military actions if needed.

    • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      12 days ago

      Why would they risk creating a power vacuum in a nuclear power where a successor could end up being an even more extremist hardliner? This isn’t rocket science. Sabre-rattling is basic diplomacy.

      Do you have any idea how many tens of thousands of comments I’ve read from people claiming Trump would be in jail “any day now” over the last … 8 years? I was downvoted practically every time I pointed out the plutocracy rarely sees justice. This isn’t my first rodeo with the naive hive mind. I’d like to say I had the last laugh, but I’m not laughing.

      • Carrolade@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        12 days ago

        Anyone who thought Trump would be in jail “any day now” has apparently not seen how our appeal system works when you are a nonviolent offender with a lot of money to hire the best lawyers.

        They can file an appeal bond, where you remain free until the appeal process has been seen through. They don’t tend to get thrown into jail until the appeal process has run its course. This is different from a violent offender, or perhaps some poor offender who is stuck with a grossly overworked public defender.

        • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          11 days ago

          Lol. Yeah keep telling yourself you live in a real democracy. I’m sure the part where the richest corporations and oligarchs are never held accountable, and get most legislation they want, is purely a coincidence.

          • Carrolade@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            11 days ago

            That demonstrates a very poor understanding of our history, specifically the era of our Robber Barons, which we dealt with over the course of about 50 years in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. You should look up the tax system we put in place over those years, and the origins of our anti-trust laws.