ECHR hears how 10 children went missing after Russia annexed Crimea

Kyiv, Ukraine – Russian President Vladimir Putin is a wanted man. Not only for the alleged war crimes Ukraine has been accusing him of, but also his suspected role in the “unlawful deportation and transfer” of children from Russia-occupied areas of Ukraine to Russia, according to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.“There are reasonable grounds to believe that Mr Putin bears individual criminal responsibility for the aforementioned crimes,” the court said in 2017, when issuing an arrest warrant for him and Maria Lvova-Belova, his children’s rights commissioner.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Trump, Putin hold ‘frank’ phone call as US restarts Ukraine deal effortslist 2 of 4Putin’s party wins supermajority in Russia’s parliamentary electionlist 3 of 4How is Europe dealing with ‘hybrid war’?list 4 of 4Russian strikes on Ukraine kill three as Zelenskyy arrives for UN summitend of listOn Tuesday, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) heard a case concerning 10 Ukrainian children who were forcibly transferred from Crimea after Russia’s 2014 annexation and put up for adoption.The Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union (UHHRU), which lodged the case, argued that...