Ukraine Refuses to Recognize Putin as Legitimate President of Russia, Drawing International Support

“Ukraine sees no legal reason to recognize him as the legitimate democratically elected president of the Russian Federation,” writes about Putin in an expression of the Ministry of Ukraine, which was published the day before the inauguration on Tuesday.

The resort argues that the violation of international agreements or the organization of elections in the occupied territories of Ukraine. According to Kyiv, the Russian government is trying to create a legal illusion for Putin’s almost lifelong stay 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.”

Putin is serving his third consecutive term in office, his fifth term overall. He has been President since 2000, except for the period from 2008 to 2012, when he was Prime Minister of Russia. According to the constitution he changed he can be president until 2036.

Putin was the 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, said it was a sign that “an authoritarian country has become a dictatorship with fascist and totalitarian characteristics”. German media also described the election as manipulated and a “state circus”.

The Czech Republic was among the critics of the Russian elections. His representatives criticized the elections in advance, and the biggest thorn in the side of Czech diplomacy was that the elections were also held in the Russian territory of Ukraine. Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský criticized this fact again when he visited Budapest in April.

Even the European Union refused to recognize the results of these divisions, but so far there is no indication that Ukraine’s allies intend together not to recognize the legitimacy of Putin’s presidency.

International law expert Professor Pavel Šturma from the Faculty of Law at Charles University has previously told Novinek that the ability not to recognize the president only applies if a violent lawsuit occurs or if a violent lawsuit occurs in a particular state two governments. where each would control a certain part of the land.

“However, the non-recognition of a particular government means that we will break diplomatic relations with it with all the consequences, perhaps no one wants,” said Šturma.