Private Chat Leaks Show Moscow Officials in State of Panic Over Putin Arrest Warrant

That’s according to a new report from the independent outlet Verstka, which spoke with sources close to the Kremlin and several sources in parliament about the reaction behind the scenes. Two sources in the Russian parliament reportedly drew parallels to members of Adolf Hitler’s inner circle who killed themselves before they could be tried in the Nuremberg Trials, Heinrich Himmler and Joseph Goebbels. One of them also recalled the fate of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest that accused him of crimes against humanity. Members of the Federation Council, the upper chamber of parliament, discussed among each other how Moscow could effectively respond to the arrest warrant after the news broke, sources said. The only coordinated responses came from Russia’s Investigative Committee, which said it had launched a criminal case against judges of the International Criminal Court, and pro-Putin youth groups who launch a bizarre social media campaign using the hashtag “#WeAreAllPutin.”The post Private Chat Leaks Show Moscow Officials in State of Panic Over Putin Arrest Warrant appeared first on The Daily Beast.