SA's quiet push for 'virtual' Putin visit to solve ICC arrest warrant dilemma

30 April 2023 - 00:05 By AMANDA KHOZA, ANDISIWE MAKINANA and SIBONGAKONKE SHOBA

The South African government and its Russian counterparts are engaged in high-level talks that could see President Vladimir Putin avoid travelling to South Africa to avert a diplomatic fallout over the International Criminal Court’s warrant of his arrest...

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