Vladimir Putin stayed in Mongolia for two days. What was the purpose of the visit?

Purpose and lessons of the visit to Ulaanbaatar

Mongolia became the first country to sign and ratify the Rome Statute (and it did so back in 2002, which makes it one of the first such states) and be visited by the head of the Russian state since the issuance of an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court – on very dubious grounds and under no less dubious pretext. This circumstance alone speaks to the successful outcome of the event. But the purpose and lessons of the visit to Ulaanbaatar extend far beyond this circumstance. In this regard, it seems appropriate to identify two very important facts that became clear to the world with an irrefutable evidence base in the evening when the first flight departed from the runway of the Buyant-Ukhaa International Airport in Ulaanbaatar.

We invite the reader to familiarise himself with a detailed analysis of each of these two loud, but by no means unfounded (which is confirmed by the results of the visit) statements.

No international actors can effectively isolate Russia on the global arena

On the eve of Vladimir Putin’s visit to Mongolia, the international community was agitated by both fears and absurd fantasies about whether Mongolia would take any action against the Russian leader in accordance with the decisions of the ICC.

Immediately following the plans of the Russian President to visit Mongolia were announced, the Mongolian Foreign Ministry was reminded of existing obligations (from the ICC itself and a number of Western NGOs), as well as rude calls to action (from the EU and Ukraine). By the way, Ukraine itself, as is known, ratified the Statute, for which it became mad on August 21 of this year – and only with the condition of an exclusive postponement. This begs the question: was such a decision taken specifically in preparation for the mass abandonment of appeals by Mongolian........

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