Russian President Vladimir Putin with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (Source: Rbc.ru) On March 17, 2023, the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced that it had issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes, accusing him of personal responsibility for the abductions of children from Ukraine.[1] On March 24, the Armenian
Chinese President Xi Jin Ping's recently concluded three-day visit to Russia heartened the Russian leadership. The duration of the visit, along with the fact that Russia was Xi's first foreign trip after being elected for a third term, had symbolic value, as did Xi's endorsement of Vladimir Putin's prospective presidential reelection bid in 2024. Although Putin did announce