Russia will veto a draft UN Security Council resolution that calls for bringing Syria before the International Criminal Court, Moscow’s ambassador said Wednesday.

Russia will veto a draft UN Security Council resolution that calls for bringing Syria before the International Criminal Court, Moscow's ambassador said Wednesday.

Vitaly Churkin dismissed the French initiative, which is to be put to a vote on Thursday, as a "publicity stunt" and said it would undermine efforts to find a political solution to the conflict in Syria.
It would be the fourth time Moscow has used its veto to block Western resolutions since the start of the conflict, three and a half years ago.

Western diplomats said it was uncertain which way China would vote Thursday, but several predicted it too would veto the resolution.