In the first place, the party headed by PutinUnited Russia, will present a law that will allow deputies of the Duma (lower house of Parliament) to be voluntarily mobilized to combat in Ukraine.
“Federal law stipulates that deputies should not be mobilized. Now we raise the issue so that my party colleagues can be mobilized,” he explained this Sunday. Vitaly Milonov, deputy official for St. Petersburg, to the agency RIA Nóvosti.
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Milonov, known for his harsh criticism of the democratic opposition and sexual minoritiesclaimed to have discussed this matter with the secretary general of United Russia, Andréi Turchak, who ordered to modify the Duma regulations. Currently, if a parliamentarian decides to volunteer and does not attend legislative sessions, they are violating the regulations.
“If that decision is made, then our volunteer (deputies) will no longer be violators of the regulation. And thus, all those who wish to will be able to mobilize. There has never been a precedent like this,” he explained.
In addition, he specified that, unlike other volunteers and reservists, the deputies who fight will not receive a salary, but will be they will finance their stay in Ukraine themselves. This week Milonov, who has six children, announced that he hadlisted to an artillery unit to defend Donbas of the attacks of the Ukrainian Army.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking in Moscow last Friday.
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This new measure that the Kremlin intends to approve is one more sign of Putin’s desperation and his control over the war. The Russian president even admitted mistakes this week about the partial mobilization decreed, which has caused a massive exodus of men of military age.
As reported today by the War Study Institute, the General Staff has decided accelerate the graduation of cadets in military academies due to the shortage of officers. These, together with the reservists, will be sent to the rear after less than a month of preparation.
Controversial annexations
Putin has allies in his goal of building a new world order, but he has remained alone in his defense of the annexation of the occupied territories by his troops in eastern and southern Ukraine (Kherson, Zaporizhia, Luganks and Donetsk).
“All over the world, including Europe and the United States, we have many co-religionists. We feel and note their support. In different countries and societies, a anti-colonial and liberation movement against unipolar hegemonyPutin said in his speech in the Kremlin on Friday before signing annexation treaties.
Vladimir Putin with Chinese leader Xi Jinping last September.
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The Russian leader also spoke of a “new geopolitical reality” in which the West will no longer dictate the rules of the game. In this he has the support of Chinawhose leader, Xi Jinpinghas called on him to lead a changing world together and to defend the interests of developing countries.
Other countries like India, Iran and Turkey they share his vision, but none have supported either his military adventure or the Kremlin’s radical interpretation of the right to self-determination of peoples in Ukraine.
Last September, Putin tried to dispel all doubts about the military operation in Ukraine by Xi Jinping and the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. But she didn’t do well.
“This is no time for wars”, Modi conveyed to him. For its part, Beijing has called on it to “respect the territorial integrity of all countries.”
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Francis warns Putin
The Pope has explicitly asked Putin this Sunday to “stop the spiral of violence and death” in Ukraine “also for the love of its people” in an atypical Angelus. The Pontiff has also expressed his concern about the “nuclear threat” and has criticized the territorial annexations “contrary to international law.”
Francisco has disrupted the traditional structure of the Angelus, who presides every Sunday, and has decided to dedicate the entire Marian prayer to the situation in Ukraine. The Pontiff, who does not usually appoint heads of state in these types of ceremonies, has explicitly addressed the Russian leader to implore the end of the war. Then he has asked Volodymyr Zelensky open “to serious proposals for peace”.
My appeal is addressed first of all to the President of the Russian Federation, imploring him to stop, also out of love for his people, this spiral of violence and death. #Ukraine #Russia @KremlinRussia_E
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex_es) October 2, 2022
“The course of the war in Ukraine has become so serious, devastating and threatening, which causes me great concern. That is why today I want to dedicate all my reflection to him before the Angelus. Indeed, this terrible and inconceivable wound of humanity, instead of being healed, continues to bleed more and more, with the risk of spreading,” he said.
For this reason, it has renewed its call for an immediate ceasefire. “Let the weapons stop and seek the conditions for a negotiation capable of leading to solutions not imposed by force, but agreed upon, fair, stable”, he added.
