Kremlin Comments on US Draft Resolution of “Not Recognizing Putin" as Russia's President

The Kremlin, headquarter of the Russian presidency,  described a draft resolution submitted to the US House of Representatives not to recognize Vladimir Putin as Russia's legitimate president after 2024, as an "excellent example" of US interference in the affairs of other countries.

This came in the context of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov's comment on that draft resolution submitted by US House of Representatives Democrat Steve Cohen and Republican Joe Wilson.

The draft stated that the House of Representatives should not recognize Vladimir Putin as Russian head of state if he "attempted to stay in power after 7 May 2024", that is, after the expiry of his current term.

The draft justified this position by declaring the amendment to the Russian constitution, which allowed Putin to run for a new term, "illegal" because "it was adopted in violation of Russia's international laws and obligations," according to the text of the draft.

" Peskov told reporters on Friday  Russia certainly considers the initiative of members of Congress an aggressive, unfriendly, and unconstructive attitude that has come to us from beyond the ocean, implying to the United States of America (USA).

Peskov depicted the draft as excellent evidence not only for Russia but for all countries of the world as well, that the United States is officially interfering in the internal affairs of other countries," he added.

He stressed that such initiatives by US representatives are unacceptable, and added that Moscow considers this an interference in internal affairs and convinces well that only the Russians can decide who and when should be president of the Russian Federation.

"There is no other country in the world, nor parliamentarians from any country have the right to do so in any way", Peskov said.

He  pointed out that this initiative "failed to the point that it does not warrant a significant response."

For his part, Vladimir Jabarov, First Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Russian Federation Council, described the proposal of the American representatives as "rude and far from common sense."

Jabarov warns that "if that draft is adopted, this will lead to a severing of relations between Russia and the United States," expressing with that is his conviction that Congress will not approve of it.