"Mongolia imports 95% of its petroleum products and over 20% of electricity from our immediate neighborhood (Russia), which has previously suffered interruption for technical reasons. This supply is critical to ensure our existence and that of our people," the Mongolian spokesperson said in a statement to Politico.

Mongolia’s energy dependence complicates the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin under an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant, a Mongolian government spokesperson told Politico in a statement on Sept. 3.

  • viking@infosec.pub
    58·
    3 months ago

    Disappointed, but not surprised.

    Putin wouldn’t have come if that wasn’t clear from the onset.

        • TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world
          2·
          3 months ago

          Yeah but he’s got several body doubles. I’m not saying that’s exactly what happened on this visit, but it wouldn’t be impossible (though, admittedly, pretty unlikely)