A Mississippi attorney has filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Madison County against Russian President Vladimir Putin alleging negligence, gross negligence, recklessness, and intentional war mongering. Attorney David Merideth, who listed himself as the plaintiff in the lawsuit (pdf), requested a judgment against Putin, the defendant, and relief in the amount of $10 billion, with the expectation that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) seated at The Hague in the Netherlands will address Putin, whom the lawsuit names as “the criminal.” “Vladimir Putin (hereinafter Putin) is a ‘war criminal’ for his vicious attack on the Ukrainian people on 24 February 2022,” the lawsuit states. “This is a civil action against Putin and his cronies, John Does A-Z” (John Does yet to be determined). To be subpoenaed, Putin “might be served deep inside a bunker, in the bowels of The Kremlin,” the lawsuit states. The lawsuit cites Putin’s invasion of Ukraine …