Posted on 01/28/2025 12:03:55 PM PST by marshmallow
Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree outlawing peace negotiations with Moscow in 2022, months after the West sabotaged a ready peace treaty to pursue an all-out proxy war against Russia.
President Putin has expressed readiness to find negotiators to speak directly with Volodymyr Zelensky. "If he wants to take part in negotiations, I will select such people, it's not an issue. The question is about the final signing of the documents," Putin said in a TV interview Tuesday, noting that Zelensky's legitimacy has expired, and he therefore "does not have the right to sign anything."
Under Ukrainian law, the end of the president's term means his powers are transferred to the chairman of the Verkhovna Rada parliament, and in accordance with the Constitution, even martial law does not give him the right to extend his authority, Putin said.
Zelensky's powers officially ran out last spring, but he remained in office after cancelling elections, citing martial law.
"On the question of the final signing of the documents...there cannot be a single mistake or wrinkle. Everything must be polished," Putin emphasized.
Furthermore, direct talks cannot start if Zelensky does not lift his self-imposed ban, Putin said.
"If there is a desire, any legal question can be resolved. So far, we simply don't see such a desire" from the Ukrainian side, the president said.
New Revelations on 2022 Talks
"Negotiations factually began immediately after the start of the Special Military Operation. Initially, we told the Ukrainian leadership at the time that the people of the Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics don't want to be part of Ukraine. Leave these territories, and that's it, that's where it ends. No fighting, no war," Putin said.
The Ukrainian side rejected these terms, but Russia nevertheless agreed to talks. "This was at the end of February 2022," Putin recalled.
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Vlad’s got a point here. If you’re going to sign a deal, each signer must have the legitimate, legal authority to act of behalf of his respective country.
Sounds like Putin is making more excuses to delay the peace talks
Won’t work
Brilliant stroke by President Trump by giving Putin a strong incentive to save face and end his invasion by the May 9th Victory Parade.
It would be a lot stronger point if Vlad hadn’t held power
since around 2004. Does he truly have any more claim to
valid power than Zelensky?
I think this is revisionist history on the part of Pooty Poot.
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