Among the first to congratulate the Russian president was Kim Jong Un – Ukraine and the West, on the other hand, did not welcome the result of the “fake elections”
Vladimir Putin emerged as the winner of the Russian presidential elections yesterday with over 87%, the result being expected since there was virtually no opponent.
Among the first to congratulate the Russian president was the leader of North Korea, his ally and friend, Kim Jong Un.
Putin was also congratulated by the leaders of Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba and Bolivia.
Ukraine and the West, on the other hand, did not welcome the election result.
Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the “imitation of elections” in Russia lacks legitimacy.
“It is clear to the whole world that this person, as has often happened in history, is simply drunk on power and is doing everything to dominate forever,” the Ukrainian president said in a message posted on social networks.
Germany
For example, the German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier announced that he does not intend to congratulate the Russian president, while the German Foreign Ministry in its announcement refers to “fake elections”, the result of which does not surprise anyone.
From the Ministry of Foreign Affairs it is pointed out via X: “The sham elections in Russia are neither free nor fair, the result does not surprise anyone. Putin rules autocratically, relying on censorship, repression and violence. “Elections” in the occupied territories of Ukraine are invalid and another violation of international law.”
USA
The White House has announced that the Russian election is “clearly neither free nor fair” as Putin has jailed political opponents and prevented others from running against him, describing the election process with only one possible outcome that ended in Russia.
Britain
The absence of “free and fair elections” in Russia was denounced by X (formerly Twitter), the British Foreign Minister David Cameron.
Cameron denounced “the illegal organization of elections on Ukrainian soil, the absence of choice for voters and the absence of independent monitoring (of the electoral process) by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.”
In Warsaw, the Polish Foreign Ministry announced that “the presidential elections in Russia are not legal, free and fair.” “The vote was held in the context of heavy repression” and, in the occupied territories of Ukraine, in violation of international law.
Source :Skai
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