Russian president postpones final signing to decide first what measures to take with Ukrainian troops he believes are occupying Russian territory
The entire set-up of the fraudulent and illegal referenda organized in the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia and the staging in the Kremlin last Friday of the signing of the annexation treaties of these four territories by Moscow had the main purpose, according to what the former Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, announced was to stop the Kiev army from advancing under the threat that, once on Russian territory, “all available means”, including nuclear weapons, would be used to oust them .
After receiving the approval of the Constitutional Court and being ratified in both Houses of Parliament, the “federal constitutional laws” adding four new territorial entities to the Russian Federation should have been signed immediately by Vladimir Putin by the head of state. The procedure was practically completed this morning when the ratification of the “international treaties” received the unanimous support of the senators of the Council of the Federation (Upper House) and also of those four “federal constitutional laws”.
Only in the absence of Putin signing it, as he always does immediately when it comes to standards that are vital to him. But it hasn’t been that way for the time being. Tuesday passed without the Russian President completing the cycle of annexations by signing the four new constitutional provisions that will amend the text of Russia’s Magna Carta in Article 65 of Section 3 (federal structure) adding the names of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporozhie (Zaporijia).
It will also be indicated that the number of “Federation nationals” will now be 89, instead of the 85 hitherto in effect. The borders of these four “Russian republics” will be the administrative boundaries established for Soviet Ukraine. Since Kiev’s forces control much of Donetsk, Zaporizhia and Kherson, Lugansk is the only one occupied almost entirely by Russian and separatist forces. But it turns out that, according to the Kremlin, the residents are now the Ukrainians for maintaining their positions in regions belonging to Russia.
So analysts speculate that once Putin passes the laws, he will later issue an ultimatum to Kiev to leave those countries. The question is with what threat: nuclear or, as has been used, the bombing of the “centers of power”, the presidency, the seat of government and the building of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) in the Ukrainian capital. It doesn’t seem like this will intimidate the authorities in Kiev, so not to seem ridiculous, Putin would be forced to make another flight forward with another twist in the escalation of the conflict of truly critical magnitude and dangerous.
While the Federation Council session was already underway, Senator Liudmila Narúsova, widow of the legendary St. Petersburg Mayor Anatoli Sobchak, asked Deputy Foreign Minister Grigori Karasin on Tuesday how to proceed with the areas in power. by Ukrainian troops from the annexed regions. “Since the date of signature of these agreements, the line of contact – from the front – has changed, and currently we are advised to accept regions within the Russian Federation, part of the territory of which is occupied by the armed forces of another country », launched Narusova in the hemisphere.
And he added: “I expected an explanation from the Constitutional Court, but I did not get it.” The chamber’s president, Valentina Matviyenko, then took the floor to point out that the one who should clarify matters is not Karasin, but Senator Andréi Klishás, who represents the Federation Council in the Constitutional Court, but he said his judges “Do not evaluate questions of fact”, so in his opinion there is no point in waiting for the matter to be resolved.
On Monday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov stated that the annexed area of Donetsk and Lugansk is the area corresponding to the 2014 administrative limits. However, he was unable to clearly answer journalists about what it will be like in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhya cases. . He said that “we will continue to consult with the people of these regions to determine their borders.” Peskov was then asked whether or not the Kherson and Zaporizhia sectors under the control of the Ukrainian army are part of Russia, to which he replied by saying, “I have nothing more to add now.” Nor could he answer the question of how this consultation with the population will take place, whether or not via a next referendum or how.
Russian defense and foreign policy analyst Maxim Yusin, one of the commentators on the NTV program of Kremlin propagandist Andréi Norkin, this weekend lamented that Putin has “included areas of the Russian Federation over which he has no has control (…) I do not remember such a precedent in world history».
Source: La Verdad
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