Putin was given the right to send troops abroad if in some country they began...

Putin was given the right to send troops abroad if some country started criminally prosecuting a Russian. Who is this threat aimed at?

The president of Russia has in fact already had the right for many years to use the army abroad for many purposes, from fighting terrorism and dealing with the aftermath of natural disasters to repelling attacks on troops stationed abroad or civilians living there.

But the law adopted this week by the State Duma makes these powers even broader. Now any prosecution of a Russian citizen in a foreign or international court means the threat of an invasion by the Russian Armed Forces into the country on whose territory such proceedings begin.

Who exactly is the Kremlin threatening this time? Why does the main target of the initiative appear to be the International Criminal Court in The Hague? And why was a separate law needed at all?

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Putin was allowed to send troops abroad to protect Russians from criminal prosecution. Who is this threat aimed at?

State Duma deputies passed a law giving the president of Russia the right to send abroad “formations of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation” to protect the country’s citizens from criminal prosecution. The corresponding amendments are being made to the federal laws “On Defense” and “On Citizenship of the Russian Federation”.