“Ukraine does not see any legal reason to recognize him as the democratically elected and legitimate president of the Russian Federation,” the Ukrainian ministry said in a statement released a day before Tuesday’s inauguration.
The resort argues the violation of international agreements or the organization of elections in the occupied Ukrainian territories. According to Kyiv, the Russian government is trying to create the illusion of legality for Putin’s almost lifelong stay in power for citizens and the whole world.
The ministry calls on other countries and international organizations to follow Kyiv’s example and not recognize the results of “pseudo-elections” and “the legitimacy of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.”
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Putin is serving his third term in office in a row, his fifth in total. He has held the post of President since 2000, with the exception of the period from 2008 to 2012, when he served as Prime Minister of Russia. According to the constitution amended by him himself, he can be president until 2036.
Putin was the clear favorite in the presidential election held in mid-March. He had almost no competition, to which the state apparatus also contributed.
The head of the German parliament’s foreign affairs committee, Michael Roth, called it a sign that “an authoritarian country has become a dictatorship with fascist and totalitarian features.” The German media also described the election as manipulated and a “state circus”.
The Czech Republic was among the critics of the Russian elections. Its representatives condemned the elections in advance, while the biggest thorn in the side of Czech diplomacy was that the elections were also held in the Russian-occupied territory of Ukraine. Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský condemned this fact again during his visit to Budapest in April.
Even the European Union refused to recognize the results from these regions, but so far there has been no indication that Ukraine’s allies are planning to collectively not recognize the legitimacy of Putin’s presidency.
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International law expert Professor Pavel Šturma from the Faculty of Law of Charles University has previously stated to Novinek that the possibility of not recognizing the president applies only in the event of a violent coup or in the event of a violent coup in a certain state two governments where each would control a certain part of the territory.
“However, the non-recognition of a certain government implies that we will break diplomatic relations with it with all the consequences, which probably nobody wants,” said Šturma.
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