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The International Criminal Court has charged Russian president Vladimir Putin with war crimes.
Doubt
The court accuses Putin of unlawfully moving at least 100 children from Ukraine to Russia. Ukrainians in the capital, Kyiv, agree with the court. But many doubt the leader will be held responsible any time soon.
To doubt means to consider something improbable. For example, you could doubt a weather report calling for snow on a warm, sunny day.
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