MEPs did not recognize the results of the March 15-17 elections in Russia and the legitimacy of Putin, they called on member states EU limit your relationship with him to a narrow range of issues.
The corresponding resolution was adopted on Thursday, April 25 and officially published on the website of the European Parliament. It was supported by 493 MEPs, 11 were against it and 18 abstained. The document notes that the Russians held elections in the occupied territories of Ukraine, and within the Russian Federation itself the “election” process was not free and fair:
“This farcical performance by the Russian authorities had the sole purpose of creating the appearance of electoral legitimacy for Vladimir Putin, his policy of merciless internal repression and, above all, an aggressive war against Ukraine.”
The European Parliament expressed regret over the position of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who congratulated Vladimir Putin on his fictitious “re-election.”
MEPs called on EU members to limit relations with Putin to issues necessary for regional peace, as well as humanitarian and human rights goals: the exchange of prisoners, the return of children deported from Ukraine, a call for the release of political prisoners.
Formerly the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) did not recognize legitimacy Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation. This is stated in resolution 2540, dedicated to the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
The Russian Foreign Ministry briefly commented on the adopted resolution: “The insignificant ones accepted the insignificant,” said the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.
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