World Leaders Respond To Putin's Victory In The Russian Election
International leaders have responded to President Vladimir Putin's reelection, which came after he was declared the winner of Russia's presidential election with over 87% of the vote.
Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, deemed the outcome to be invalid.
“Everyone in the world understands that this person, like many others throughout history, has become sick with power and will stop at nothing to rule forever,” he said.
“There is no evil he would not do to maintain his personal power. And no one in the world would have been safeguarded from this.”
According to British Foreign Minister David Cameron, there was “no independent OSCE monitoring” and “a lack of choice for voters” in the “illegal” elections.
“This is not what free and fair elections look like.”
Antonio Tajani, the foreign minister of Italy, declared that the elections “were neither free nor fair.”
“We are continuing to work for a just peace that will bring Russia to put an end to the war of aggression against Ukraine, in accordance with international law.”
“China and Russia are each other's largest neighbors and comprehensive strategic cooperative partners in the new era,” Beijing said in congratulating Putin.
President Xi Jinping and Putin “will continue to maintain close exchanges, lead the two countries to continue to uphold longstanding good-neighborly friendship, and deepen comprehensive strategic coordination,” according to foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian.
Long before the results were officially released, former Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev commented on Telegram, stating, “I congratulate Vladimir Putin on his splendid victory in the election.”
Milorad Dodik, the leader of the Bosnian Serb, “The Serb people welcomed with joy the victory of President Putin for they see in him a great statesman and a friend on whom we can always count and who will watch over our people.”
Nicolas Maduro, the president of Venezuela, stated:
“Our older brother has triumphed, which bodes well for the world.”
The election, according to Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky, was a “farce and parody.” He stated: “This was the Russian presidential election that showed how this regime suppresses civil society, independent media, opposition.”
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