An arrest warrant for Putin? His successor will take it

Dmitry Kiselyov, the Russian propagandist-in-chief who rarely misses a chance to lash out at the “Russophobic” West, spent the nearly three [Bloomberg]( Follow Us [Get the newsletter]( [Finally, a Serious Offer to Take Putin Off Russia’s Hands]( — Leonid Bershidsky Dmitry Kiselyov, the Russian propagandist-in-chief who rarely misses a chance to lash out at the “Russophobic” West, spent the nearly three hours of his regular weekly [broadcast]( avoiding the subject of the arrest order for Vladimir Putin, issued by the International Criminal Court in the Hague. The ICC order hasn’t been released, but the court [let it be known]( that the charges against Putin have to do with the “unlawful transfer” of children from Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine. Photographer: Aleksey Babushkin/AFP via Getty Images A fresh UN Human Rights Council [report]( sheds light on these accusations. While Russia claims merely to have moved the children out of harm’s way temporarily, the report says Russia violated international law in taking them to Russia. Further charges against Putin will inevitably follow. Plenty of war crimes have been and are still being committed by the invading army, and some of them — like the deliberate destruction of civilian infrastructure — don’t even require much proof because Russia has never denied its missile strikes on power stations. Two of Putin’s most vocal allies, in fact, have threatened retaliation against the ICC in the form of missile strikes. They deliver a simple message: Come and get me. But the taunt rings hollow. Read the [whole thing](. [UBS Got Credit Suisse for Almost Nothing]( — Matt Levine [Trump Sweats an Arrest. We Should Sweat a Second Term.]( — Timothy L. O’Brien [A New Chapter of Capitalism Emerges From the Banking Crisis]( — John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge [Xi Just Bought Himself a Headache in Moscow]( — Minxin Pei [Saudi Arabia’s Humiliation Is Iran’s Big Prize]( — Bobby Ghosh [How This Non-Silicon Valley Bank Managed Its Deposits]( — Marc Rubinstein [Are the Ultra-Rich Ready for Singapore After Credit Suisse?]( — Andy Mukherjee [Trump’s Stormy Weather Could Be DeSantis’s Ray of Sunshine]( — Joshua Green [The Big Apple’s Rebrand Is an Iconic Failure]( — Ben Schott More From Bloomberg Opinion Here’s what we’ve been listening to this week. - [Crash Course: Putin’s Russia vs. Ukraine]( with Timothy L. O’Brien (listen on [Apple]( or [Spotify]() - [Fed Rate Decision: Instant Analysis and Reaction]( with Jonathan Levin, Allison Schrager and Karl Smith This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion published this week based on web readership. Like getting this newsletter? [Subscribe to Bloomberg.com]( for unlimited access to trusted, data-driven journalism and subscriber-only insights. Before it’s here, it’s on the Bloomberg Terminal. Find out more about how the Terminal delivers information and analysis that financial professionals can’t find anywhere else. [Learn more](. Want to sponsor this newsletter? [Get in touch here](. You received this message because you are subscribed to Bloomberg's Bloomberg Opinion Today newsletter. [Unsubscribe]( | [Bloomberg.com]( | [Contact Us]( [Ads Powered By Liveintent]( | [Ad Choices]( Bloomberg L.P. 731 Lexington, New York, NY, 10022