An almost-official CIA mouthpiece (May 2023):
Akane was one of the judges in March to issue arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his children’s commissioner, Maria Lvova-Belova, for being responsible for the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia — a war crime under international legislation.
And…
The Russian Interior Ministry said on July 27 that ICC Judge Tomoko Akane was placed on the government’s wanted list.
Kaboom!
Russia had already retaliated by opening criminal cases against ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan and the judges who ordered Putin’s arrest, including Akane and Italy’s Rosario Salvatore Aitala. Moscow had also already placed Khan and Aitala on its wanted list over the past two months.
Akane’s arrest warrant reportedly states that she violated Russia’s Criminal Code, though the specific charge is not given.
I love it. Don’t you love it? C’mon, what’s not to like?
Oh, and Mr. CIA forgot to note that Russia formally withdrew from the ICC in November 2016, one day after the “court” published a report classifying its annexation of Crimea as an occupation.