Volodin said that the State Duma is preparing amendments prohibiting the activities of the ICC in Russia

Russia’s State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said relevant committees of the lower house of the Federal Assembly are already preparing amendments that will ban the activities of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and other bodies international attacks against it in the Russian Federation. .
“State Duma profile commissions are preparing amendments to the Federal Law “On Security”, which will prohibit the activities of the International Criminal Court and international bodies on our territory directed against the Russian Federation and its citizens” , said the press service of the State Duma said in a statement.
In addition, it is planned to prohibit public calls for the execution of the decisions of these organizations and to cooperate with them.
In addition, the draft amendments propose to give the President of Russia the power to protect the citizens of the country in the event that international bodies take decisions on them that are contrary to the legislation of the Russian Federation.
According to Volodin, criminal liability should be provided for such crimes, for which it is necessary to introduce new punishment standards in the criminal and criminal procedure codes.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court was carrying out the order of Western masters.The Volodin post that the State Duma is preparing amendments to ban the ICC in Russia