The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has promulgated a decree that puts pen to paper “the impossibility” of starting a negotiation process with Russia to put an end to the armed conflict. The decree, published on the Kiev presidency website and which takes into account the recent conclusions of a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, highlights “the impossibility of negotiating with Russian President Vladimir Putin”.
RUSSIA, EVEN THE SENATE RATIFIES ANNEX 4 REGIONS – Meanwhile, the Russian Senate, the day after the Duma, unanimously approved the annexation of the four occupied Ukrainian regions to the Russian Federation. Tass reported it.
The Upper House of the Russian Parliament ratified Russia’s annexation of the Ukrainian regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson after Putin signed the “accession” treaties on Friday and yesterday the State Duma voted, again all unanimity for the four annexations to the Russian Federation. Now Putin’s latest signature is missing.
Citizens of the Ukrainian regions annexed to the Russian Federation and all those residing there are automatically recognized as Russian citizens, with the exception of those who, within a month, will declare their intention to keep their existing citizenship, summarizes the Ria Novosti agency citing the annexation treaties. Russia guarantees those who live in the annexed regions the right to keep their mother tongue and to create the conditions for it to be studied.
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