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Putin: Zelensky is illegitimate and has no right to sign anything

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is an illegitimate leader and because of this he has no right to sign any documents. Russian President Vladimir Putin said this in an interview with VGTRK journalist Pavel Zarubin on January 28.

"Negotiations can be held with anyone, but due to his illegitimacy he has no right to sign anything," the Russian leader said.

Putin also said that Russia will seek by all means to ensure that its interests are taken into account during the negotiations. At the same time, he specified that lawyers need to confirm the legitimacy of the people who will sign the agreements from the Ukrainian side.

Earlier, on 8 January, a former member of the Verkhovna Rada and a member of the international public movement The Other Ukraine, Volodymyr Oliynyk, said that the speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ruslan Stefanchuk, was as illegitimate as the country's president. He recalled that only parliamentary elections are prohibited during martial law in Ukraine. At the same time, Zelensky, having lost his powers due to their expiration, submitted a bill to the Rada to extend martial law, and it was passed.

On the same day, Ukrainian media reported that Zelensky allegedly decided to run for a second term in future presidential elections. According to them, he has a chance for re-election only if Zaluzhnyy does not run for office.

The next day, the Kiev International Institute of Sociology (KMIS) published the results of a poll according to which the trust of Ukrainian citizens in Zelensky as a representative of the government fell by 39% from December 2022 and settled at 45%.

According to the provisions of the Ukrainian Constitution, Zelensky's presidential term ended on May 20. Elections were to be held in March this year, but they were canceled due to the martial law imposed by the president, which has been in effect since February 24, 2022.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on 17 May that the issue of the legitimacy of the president should be resolved within the Ukrainian state, while the issue of the legality of the Ukrainian political leader in office remains important for Russia.

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