Senior Russian official: The arrest of Putin by a foreign power would be an act of war warranting the launch of 'all our missiles'

Senior Russian official: The arrest of Putin by a foreign power would be an act of war warranting the launch of 'all our missiles'

A senior Kremlin official indicated this week that any effort to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin would amount to an act of war and warrant a blizzard of missile strikes. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who now serves as deputy chairman of Russia's security council, made the threat repeatedly in response to the International Criminal Court's issuance of an arrest warrant for Putin last week for war crimes.The arrest warrantThe I…

Senior Russian official threatens to launch all of his missiles against a country that dares to capture Putin

The former president of Russia said that the ICC measure added to a “colossal negative potential” in the already tense relations between Russia and Western countries