This thesis was spread on social networks, in particular on telegram channels that broadcast pro-Kremlin rhetoric. Reports say that now there is a decline of international institutions, because they are incompetent in their decisions. The reporters add that the International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Putin, but the organization is “not to be trusted”.

The experts of the EU vs Disinfo project investigated the case, they found out that the International Criminal Court is a permanent world court for war crimes. It was created under the Rome Statute, an agreement that all EU states have ratified. Russia signed the Rome Statute in 2000 but withdrew the statute in 2016 after the International Criminal Court ruled that Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea was an armed conflict. That is, such an organization is quite legitimate and competent within its powers. According to the decision of the court, the countries that have signed and ratified the charter are subject to the decision of the judges. As of today, 123 states are parties to the Rome Statute.

Ukraine signed the Rome Statute, but did not ratify it. However, the Rome Statute provides for the possibility that, even without ratification, a state in certain cases may recognize the jurisdiction of the ICC. That is, according to the Statute, already now and in full, the International Criminal Court has the right to prosecute for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed by the occupiers on the territory of Ukraine.