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South African officials have been wrestling for months with a dilemma that thrust them into the cross hairs of a faraway war: Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, a close ally, was set to attend an important diplomatic summit in their country, yet they would be legally obliged to arrest him because he is wanted by an international court that has accused him of war crimes in Ukraine.
With the August summit fast approaching, it seemed that South Africa had to choose between burning bridges…
