The International Criminal Court has accused

President Putin of committing war crimes in Ukraine,

which President Biden said the Russian leader

clearly" did. The allegations relate to the illegal

deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia since

the invasion of Moscow in 2022. Moscow has

denied the allegations, condemning the orders as

outrageous. It is very unlikely that this decision will

make much  of a difference as the ICC does not have

the power to arrest suspects without cooperating with

the country's government. Russia is not a member of

the International Criminal Court, which means that the

court in The Hague has no authority there. However, it

could affect  Putin in other ways, such as an inability

to travel abroad. Putin is only the third president to

receive an  arrest warrant from the International