Russian Foreign Ministry puts strong pressure on diplomats
“US, stop supporting subversive groups… may take judicial action”
If he wins the presidential election, he will remain in power until 2030… Putin likely to get 5th term
Russia sent a warning to the United States just a week before the presidential election.
On the 7th (local time), the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynn Tracy and said, “There are subversive campaigns and dissemination of false information related to the (presidential) election and special military operations (Russia’s term for the war in Ukraine).” He emphasized that any attempt to interfere in Russia’s internal affairs will be severely and absolutely suppressed.”
At the same time, he added that he threatened to “export the U.S. Embassy staff involved in the incident from Russia as persona non grata.”
A government with a diplomatic mission can designate a person to avoid diplomatically in accordance with Article 9 of the Vienna Convention. The government can refuse appointment to the persons listed here and deprive them of diplomatic immunity without elaborating on the reasons.
In addition, he notified Ambassador Tracy of the designation of three subversive organizations, saying, “With the support of the (US) embassy, these groups have been carrying out anti-Russian programs and projects and recruiting influential agents under the guise of educational and cultural exchanges.” criticized.
“Ambassador Tracy has received an official letter requesting to stop supporting this group,” he said. “If their activities continue, it will be considered a violation of Russian law.” “In addition, the U.S. Embassy must remove from its official website and social media the list of educational projects and programs of these non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that aim to promote values and views that are foreign to Russian society,” he warned.
The Russian presidential election will be held from the 15th to the 17th. The winner of this election will serve as president until 2030.
In this election, incumbent President Putin is expected to have a very high chance of succeeding in a fifth term. President Putin is from the United Russia Party, left the party in 2012, and will run as an independent in this presidential election. President Putin is the Russian leader who has remained in power for the longest time after Joseph Stalin.
President Putin, who has served as president since December 1999, has ambitions to extend his term up to 2036. Due to constitutional constraints, he stepped down as prime minister from 2008 to 2012 to exercise his real power, and has served as president for the rest of the period.
Russia also included Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporozhye oblasts taken from Ukraine as constituencies. Elections will also be held on the Crimean Peninsula, which was forcibly annexed in 2014.
Source: Donga
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