[Music] Russian President Vladimir Putin began an official visit to Mongolia on Tuesday despite an outstanding arrest warrant from the international criminal court for alleged war crimes in Ukraine according to the guardian Putin was welcomed with an honor guard in anulan B where he met Mongolian president okel Mongolia and ICC member has ignored calls to detain Putin even though the court issued a warrant last year this visit marks Putin's first trip to Mongolian in 5 years with the capital Central genis KH square adern with Mongolian and Russian Flags small protest against Putin's visit occurred but Mongolia has refrained from condemning Russia's actions in Ukraine amnesty International's Mongolia executive director altantuya bador criticized the lack of of action stating that such visits undermine the ic's work Putin and kuruk are set to attend a ceremony commemorating the 1939 Soviet Mongolian victory over Japan in a prior interview with the Mongolian newspaper unur shared by the Kremlin Putin highlighted promising economic projects including a trans Mongolian gas pipeline linking China and Russia