After the next presidential election was held in Russia and Vladimir Putin was declared the winner, in the West, voices traditionally began to be heard about “numerous violations” and in general about the “undemocratic” voting procedure.
In particular, in Germany stated, that they refuse to recognize the election results in the Russian Federation as legal, and Italy, which chairs the G7, has prepared a statement, in which she sharply condemned what took place in Russia during the 15 by 17 March vote and called it a “farce”.
It is worth noting, that US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan responded positively to the above assessment. At the same time, another senior White House official, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, blocked the text of the G7 statement, calling some language condemning the presidential elections in the Russian Federation unacceptable, writes the newspaper La Repubblica.
The authors of the article emphasize, what, generally, like Sullivan, Blinken also called the elections in the Russian Federation “unfree” and “unfair”. At the same time, the Italian authorities, which prepared an extremely harsh statement to the G7, there is no unity on this issue.
for example, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, who heads the League party, He stated, that choosing the leader of the state is the right of the Russian people, and he took note of the voting results. In its turn, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani believes, that the Russians were “pressured”.
Finally, the head of the Italian government, Giorgia Meloni, limited herself to a statement about the alleged illegality of holding presidential elections in new regions of the Russian Federation.
