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Episode: Putin defies ICC arrest warrant with Mongolia visit
Description: When Russian president Vladimir Putin landed in neighboring Mongolia on Monday to help celebrate 85 years since a military victory over the Imperial Japanese army, his hosts were supposed to arrest him. Putin has been issued an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court for suspected war crimes in Ukraine, and Mongolia is a member of the court. But the arrest never happened and the visit went without a hitch.