Another “inauguration” of Putin will take place – security barriers will be placed in the center of Moscow

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin will be inaugurated on Tuesday in Moscow for his fifth term after the so-called presidential elections.

Most read

Many do not know this! Top 15 mistakes women make in sex

Healthy

Psychiatrist fabricated information in the patient’s outpatient card to “put her on the record”: “I allegedly broke my leg and I have sexual dysfunction”

What is China doing with the scientist who arbitrarily revealed the spread of Covid-19 to the world?

Read other posts

The 71-year-old master of the Kremlin has ruled Russia since the beginning of the millennium. He was “re-elected” for another six-year term in a mock election in March.

The inauguration ceremony will be broadcast live by the largest Russian television channels.

After taking the presidential oath, he will give a short address to the nation.

Russian government officials and foreign diplomats in Moscow have been invited to the ceremony, such as French Ambassador Pierre Levy, who may also attend the event.

Other European countries, including Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic, have indicated that their representatives will not attend the event.

On May 9, Russia will celebrate the so-called Victory Day, the symbolic importance of which has increased in the eyes of the totalitarian regime, because Putin’s propaganda tries to equate Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with the fight against Nazi Germany during the Second World War.

In connection with both events, security barriers have been placed in the center of Moscow.

Meanwhile, public fears that after the “inauguration” Putin will announce a new mobilization to provide “cannon fodder” for the war against Ukraine.

Some analysts suggest that Putin could use the “inauguration” to make changes in the composition of the government. The law stipulates that the current government must resign before a new presidential term.

None of the diplomatic representatives of the European Union (EU) and its member states accredited in Russia should participate in today’s upcoming inauguration ceremony of the leader of the Russian regime, Vladimir Putin, the European People’s Party (EPP) faction of the European Parliament has invited in a letter to the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Giuseppe Borel.

As the assistant of EP Sandra Kalniete (JV) Elīna Bīviņa informed the agency LETA, the letter was signed by the chairman of the faction Manfrēds Vēbers and three deputies of the Baltic states – Rasa Juknevičiene and Andrjus Kubilius from Lithuania and Kalniete.

Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže has emphasized on social networks that Latvian diplomats will not participate in the inauguration of the leader of the aggressor state. “Representatives of the Latvian embassy will not attend the inauguration of the leader of an aggressor country that attacks everything we stand for,” Braže announced, “Putin is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes.”

“Presidential ‘elections’ in Russia were held in the best Soviet traditions, when the outcome of the election is already known in advance, all that remains is to throw the required number of ballots into the ballot boxes and record it in the vote counting protocol. Ambassadors of European countries must not legitimize this election farce with their presence at Putin’s inauguration. The actions of the European Union member states in relation to Russia and Putin’s regime must be united and consistent. Democracy cannot afford to be complacent in the face of an aggressor whose invasion of Ukraine threatens the peace of Europe as a whole. We must be aware that the decisive battle for the defeat of Putin’s regime and lasting peace in Europe is currently taking place in Ukraine,” said Kalniete.

ETP emphasized in the letter to Borel that the presidential “elections” in Russia were illegitimate and undemocratic, therefore Putin’s presidency is not recognized. The letter emphasizes that the “elections” took place in the illegally occupied territories of Ukraine, which is a clear violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and a clear violation of international law and, in particular, of the UN Charter. Even in Russia itself, the “elections” were neither free nor fair, they did not meet the basic international election standards, and therefore they were not democratic.

In the letter, the members of the group urge the international community to stop referring to Putin as the president of Russia as soon as his current term of office expires on May 7, 2024, and to end all contacts with him, because “he will have neither the moral nor political mandate to conclude any future contractual relations on behalf of Russia “.

The faction of the European People’s Party reminds that the International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Putin and he is accused of war crimes – the illegal deportation of Ukrainian citizens and especially children from the occupied territories of Ukraine to Russia.

The ETP group has been the largest in the European Parliament since 1999. Currently, 177 members work in it.

Themes