I would be impressed if they risk it. Literally half of Mongolia's population resides in their capital city Ulaanbaatar. If a country bordering Russia were to arrest the sitting Russian president and turn him over to Copenhagen then there's a non-zero possibility of a retaliatory airstrike on the capital, destroying their only major city and killing a significant percentage of the entire country's population.
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On the other hand, the power vacuum his absence would cause could result in a Gorbachev-type taking lead.
Or a Stalin....
Has any world leader like Putin ever been arrested while visiting another country before?
Napoleon was held in British custody.
That's true. I wonder if anyone has been in the current modern era. After horses.
Why do the ICC not condemn Israel due to war crimes as well?
ICC's Karim Khan announces arrest warrant application for Israeli and Hamas leaders
[Regarding Israel, the arrest warrants so far go against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.]
Good to know