Alapini-Gansou Reine
Alapini-Gansou Reine, born 1956, Moscow. Charges: Article 301 part 2, Russian Criminal Code; “The case concerning the holding of Putin and Lvova-Belova criminally liable”. Sentenced on December 12, 2025. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Lawyers
Sentence
Imprisonment (in absentia)
Upheld March 23, 2026
Charges
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he participated in the collegial adoption of “knowingly unlawful decisions on the arrest” of Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova in the states parties to the Rome Statute, “by issuing the relevant warrants.”
Latest event
March 23, 2026 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Persecution begins
The case concerning the holding of Putin and Lvova-Belova criminally liable
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
Criminal case
The case concerning the holding of Putin and Lvova-Belova criminally liable
- Case number
- 2-0097/2025
Other defendants in the case
- Rosario Salvatore Aitala — Not in Russia
- Tomoko Akane — Not in Russia
- Haykel Ben Mahfoudh — Not in Russia
- Sergio Gerardo Ugalde Godinez — Not in Russia
- Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza — Not in Russia
- Karim Ahmad Khan — Not in Russia, 15 years
- Petr Hofmanski — Not in Russia
- Bertram Schmitt — Not in Russia
Details and sources
Full summary
The second Vice-President of the International Criminal Court. A criminal case was opened against her for unlawful detention in connection with holding Vladimir Putin and Children’s Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova criminally liable. On 12 December 2025, Alapini-Gansou was sentenced in absentia to imprisonment.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Preventive measures
- arrest in absentia
Other people prosecuted under Article 301 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.