International Criminal Court (ICC) Judge Tomoko Akane, who was placed on a Russian wanted list after issuing an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin in March 2023, was elected president of the ICC on March 11. The ICC issued arrest warrants on March 17, 2023, for Putin and Russian Children’s Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova for the forced deportations of more than 16,000 Ukrainian children to Russia. Within days, Russia’s Investigative Committee said that it had [opened a case](https://kyivindependent.com/investigative-committee-of-russia-opens-case-against-icc-for-putin-a…