The US Congressmen are leading a “ fairly unprecedented '' legislative activity that does not & nbsp; fit into the & nbsp; framework of modern international relations, said the press secretary of Vladimir Putin Dmitry Peskov, the correspondent of RBC reports. He & nbsp; commented on the draft resolution, & nbsp; which proposes the US Congress not to & nbsp; recognize Vladimir Putin as President of Russia if he & nbsp; ranks as a candidate for & nbsp; the next presidential election after the end of his term in & nbsp; 2024.
“ Every time it seems to us that & nbsp; nothing more ridiculous, nothing more aggressive, unfriendly and & nbsp; unconstructive from & nbsp; the other side of the ocean can no longer come & nbsp;. And & nbsp; every time we are & nbsp; wrong. Comes to & nbsp; unfortunately & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; said in & nbsp; in connection with & nbsp; this Peskov.
This is a demonstration that & nbsp; the United States is interfering in the & nbsp; internal affairs of other countries, he continued. “ We & nbsp; consider such initiatives of congressmen unacceptable, we consider it interference in our affairs and & nbsp; we are convinced that & nbsp; only Russians can determine who & nbsp; and & nbsp; should be president of & nbsp; RF. Neither & nbsp; no other country in the world, parliamentarians nor & nbsp; no other country in the world & nbsp; can claim & nbsp; this & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; underlined & nbsp; he.
Peskov added that the State Duma deputies will not leave this proposal unanswered.
The draft resolution the day before was submitted to Congress by two members of the US House of Representatives Stephen Cohen and & nbsp; Joe Wilson. They stated that & nbsp; amendments to the & nbsp; Constitution, which, among other things, “ nullified '' President Putin's terms and & nbsp; allowed him to be re-elected, illegitimate. Accordingly, if Putin ranks at the & nbsp; elections again and & nbsp; wins, the United States, in & nbsp; their & nbsp; opinion, should not & nbsp; recognize him as president. Among other things, they mentioned reports of & nbsp; violations during the & nbsp; voting on & nbsp; amendments in & nbsp; June & mdash; July 2020 and & nbsp; lack of independent observers.
If adopted, the resolution will be advisory.
< p> The first deputy chairman of the Federation Council committee on & nbsp; international affairs Vladimir Dzhabarov said that & nbsp; if the resolution is adopted, this could lead to a & nbsp; break in relations between Russia and & nbsp; the United States. Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev considered the initiative of Cohen and & nbsp; Wilson interference in the & nbsp; presidential elections in & nbsp; Russia and & nbsp; in & nbsp; internal affairs of the state. In addition, according to & nbsp; he said, this is a “ provocation aimed at & nbsp; disruption of the emerging normalization of bilateral relations. ''