People are wondering if Russian President Vladimir Putin could be arrested if he sets foot on US soil, ahead of Friday's Alaska meeting with Donald Trump.

While the "loophole" essentially protects Putin from being cuffed during his U.S. trip, de Bretton-Gordon noted the Kremlin will likely still be on high-alert and won't be taking any chances of their leader being thrown behind bars.

We won’t be seeing Putin in handcuffs after his visit to speak with Trump tomorrow, but in dozens of other countries, he could be arrested. When Putin visited Mongolia in late 2024, the country didn’t comply with the arrest orders – claiming its hands were ‘tied’.