Russia requests ICC leaders' extradition, draws Japan protest

TOKYO - Russian prosecutors have requested the extradition of senior International Criminal Court figures including its President Tomoko Akane, in a move the Japanese government called "unjustified and unacceptable" on Friday.

The Russian Prosecutor General's Office on Thursday sent requests to the Netherlands and other countries for the handover of nine senior ICC figures convicted by a Russian court in absentia in December, including Japanese national Akane.