Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday his possible attendance at next month's summit of the Group of 20 leading economies in Brazil would disrupt the important work there, adding that somebody else would represent Moscow there.

U.S. Ambassador for Global Criminal Justice Beth Van Schaack warned Russian President Vladimir Putin against traveling to Brazil on Thursday. "if I were a lawyer advising Putin, I would tell him to be very careful about traveling to ICC member-states,

"(In connection with) the information that Putin may attend the G20 summit in Brazil, I would like to reiterate that the Brazilian authorities, as a State party to the Rome Statute, are obliged to arrest him if he dares to attend (the

Ukraine's top prosecutor said he had received intelligence indicating that Russian President Vladimir Putin may attend the G20 summit in Brazil next month, and called on authorities there to carry out a warrant for his arrest if he showed up.

In light of "information that Putin may attend the G20 summit in Brazil, I would like to reiterate that it's an obligation for the Brazilian authorities as a state party of the Rome Statute to arrest him if he dares to visit,

Ukraine's top prosecutor has called on Brazilian authorities to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin should he attend the upcoming G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, citing an international warrant for his arrest.

Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin stated in an interview with Reuters that Ukraine has information that the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin may attend the G20 summit in Brazil, which will take place in November.