A ceremony was held in Russia today, May 7 “inauguration” Putin He began his fifth term as President, but this time there were twice as few guests at the celebration, because the leaders of many countries refused to participate in the illegal ceremony.
An hour before the start of the ceremony itself, representatives of the Russian authorities began to arrive at the Kremlin Palace, including Prime Minister Mishustin, Defense Minister Shoigu, and Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Medvedev. The latter arrived with his wife.
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov also came to the holiday. Among the guests were actor and Putin fan Ivan Okhlobystin, composer Oleksandra Pakhmutova, singers and musicians Shaman, Stas Mikhailov, Diana Gurtskaya.
The Russian dictator rode to the event in a brand new motorcade accompanied by Aurus motorcycles. Putin began his speech by thanking his army.
During the speech, he stated that “the interests and security of Russia will be the main ones for his new term”, and added that the Russian Federation, which “faced with serious challenges, will pass the difficult period with dignity”. Putin named the goal of Russia’s development “people’s protection”. All levels of government, he said, should support “age-old family values.”
Many Western partners refused to attend the inauguration of Vladimir Putin. However, several EU countries did send their representatives to participate in the inauguration ceremony of the Russian president.
For data Radio Liberty, representatives of France, Hungary, Slovakia, Greece, Malta and Cyprus attended Putin’s celebration.
US State Department representative Matthew Miller during briefing stressed that the United States of America would not be represented at “inauguration” Putin
“We definitely did not consider these elections to be free and fair, but he is the President of Russia and will continue to work in this role”, he said.
According to the publication Reuters France will send its ambassador to “inauguration” Vladimir Putin. At the same time, Germany will not be represented at the ceremony.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine stated that they see no reason to recognition of Vladimir Putin as democratically elected and legitimate the president of Russia.
