Posted on 02/05/2025 9:01:56 AM PST by marcusmaximus
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov reiterated Russia's claim that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is illegitimate on Feb. 5 but said Moscow remains open to negotiations.
Peskov's comments follow Zelensky's statement in an interview with U.K. journalist Piers Morgan that he was willing to sit at the negotiating table with Russian President Vladimir Putin if it was the only way to end the war.
"Mr. Zelensky has big problems de jure in terms of his legitimacy, but even so, the Russian side remains open to negotiations," Peskov claimed. The spokesperson also called Zelensky's recent comments on negotiations "empty words," adding that they must be based on an actual "readiness and desire."
Russia has widely used the claim of Zelensky's alleged illegitimacy as part of its propaganda campaign to discredit Ukraine's government, arguing that Zelensky has served past his five-year term without holding new elections.
Ukrainian legal experts and officials have dismissed the narrative as false and unfounded, pointing to the fact that Ukraine's constitution does not permit elections under martial law and that a significant portion of the Ukrainian population is under occupation and, therefore, cannot vote.
Putin previously claimed that Zelensky had no right to sign any peace agreements, referencing the Ukrainian president's decree on Sept. 30, 2022, which banned negotiations with the Russian leader in response to Moscow's annexation of four Ukrainian regions.
Zelensky clarified on Jan. 26 that the decree only applied to other Ukrainian officials, not himself.
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Gorby was not trying to be the Tzar of Russia and take over all of Europe like Putin is trying to do.
Have you noticed that since 2022 Russia has lost more land that it has taken?
I agree with Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov that Zelinskyy has a legitimacy problem. It’s why we need peace and then elections as soon as possible in Ukraine. And we need to have some law on US books that prohibits the US providing any military aid to any country’s controlling regime that hasn’t had an Election certified as being legitimate according to some well thought out policy definition. On this policy we should note the US elections of 1812, 1814, 1846, 1862, 1864, 1942, 1944, and maybe others where the American Citizens got to make their voices heard during wartime.
And Ukraine is capturing territory again in Kursk after the NORKs were withdrawn.
When its American federal government funds at work then those funds have got to go for legit constitutional republics that apply the principles we follow in America.
A fascinating comment. Os it supposition on your part? Or have you any verifiable citations for your assertion that Russia will "take over all of Europe?"
What has convinced you that Putin’s goal is to takeover All of the EU ?
What Kursk doink?
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