Story highlights Philippines' President Duterte also threatens to leave the ICC

Russia says ICC "ineffective" and failed to be "truly independent"

(CNN) Russia says it will withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) under a directive signed by President Vladimir Putin.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said the ICC had "failed to meet the expectations to become a truly independent, authoritative international tribunal," in a statement released Wednesday.

It described the ICC as "ineffective," adding that "during the 14 years of the court's work it passed only four sentences having spent over a billion dollars."

Russia also criticized the court's handling of the country's five-day conflict with neighboring Georgia in 2008, saying "we can hardly trust the ICC in such a situation."

Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte offered Putin his support before he left for APEC in Peru, also threatening to pull out of the court.