Germany does not recognize the legitimate election of the President of the Russian Federation: Scholz did not call Putin
This was announced on Monday, March 18, in Berlin by a government spokeswoman Christian Hoffman, writes Die Welt. "The chancellor did not congratulate. And you know that we consider these so -called elections in Russia neither free nor honest," Hoffman said. According to her, the result of the vote was known in advance. "In our opinion, it was not a democratic election, and no real competitors were admitted," the German government spokeswoman stated.
She recalled that there was a "atmosphere of intimidation" in Russia and a number of arrests were carried out. "There is no freedom of speech in Russia. Russia, as Chancellor has already said, is now a dictatorship and is under the authoritarian rule of Vladimir Putin," Hoffman summarized. The presidential elections held in Russia on March 15-17 were held in conditions of severe restrictions, which were exacerbated by the illegal aggressive war of Russia against Ukraine.
This is stated in a statement by the High EU representative on behalf of the entire European Union. At the same time, the released document does not clearly state that the EU does not recognize the election results in the territory of Russia itself. However, the Alliance "does not recognize and never recognizes these so -called" elections "in the territory of Ukraine or their results.
Sevastopol, as well as in the districts of Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions, " - the EU reported in the EU. The electoral procedure, which the Russian Federation has organized in the occupied territories, and its" results "have no legal force and cannot have any legal consequences. The leadership of Russia and those involved in their organization experience the consequences of these illegal actions, " - said in the EU.