Russia celebrates anniversary of annexation of four regions it partially controls

The clearest example of this is in the region Kherson In this region, capital of the same name under Ukrainian control but on maps, Russia does not hesitate to include it as part of its territory. Similar scenes are repeated in three other regions. At first, Moscow tried to win over the local population and made a flag bearing the slogan “”.Russia will be here forever“, but after the progress of the Ukrainian counter-offensive, the Kremlin was forced to give up some parts of these territories. Far from preferring to reduce the intensity of the war, Russia is preparing more men who can go to fight. The same Russian President Vladimir Putin this Friday, among whom there are young people He signed a decree to mobilize 130,000 young people for military service. Regions of Ukraine under administrative control of Russia. The Russian Armed Forces promised that these soldiers, aged between 18 and 27, would not be sent to the front.

On March 8, 2022, the Russian president promised women that he would not send their sons, husbands, brothers and children to fight in Ukraine. Nevertheless, in late September of the same year, Russia summoned to its ranks thousands of men who were supposed to fight on the Ukrainian front, mostly from Siberia and the Caucasus.

day of remembrance

To celebrate the anniversary of annexation, the Kremlin organized a concert glorifying patriotism under the slogan “u” in Moscow’s Red Square.country, one family, one Russia”. Opposition environment Medusa The person, known by Russian authorities as a foreign agent, drew attention to its similarity to Nazi Germany’s slogan “one people, one Reich, one Führer”.

Patriotic poems and declarations against Ukraine were recited from the stage, and one of the participants even read the following text to the crowd present: “The tadpoles were hatching. The swastika was placed in the brains of the youngest animals. He commits his exploits secretly, praising the demon Bandera. “Boys started wanting mustaches under their noses, and girls started wearing thinner underpants.”

Despite the presence of thousands of people not implemented Law preventing crowds from fighting against covid-19 — which applies to: opposition concentrations — Although Russia about 3 years without applying similar measures in other contexts such as nightclubs, football stadiums or domestic and international travel. It is now scheduled to take place on Saturday, September 30, known as the Day of Reunification of Russia with Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Events in the Eurasian country.

international recognition

When Moscow decided to convert and annex these regions of Ukraine in referendums condemned by the international community, few countries took the measure seriously. Only two statesRussia’s usual supporters accepted the annexation as valid. North Korea, with which Moscow has recently strengthened its ties, and Syria, the Kremlin’s biggest ally in the Middle East, were the only countries to join forces with Moscow. Russia’s other traditional allies, such as China, India, Iran, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, have not taken a stance on this issue, although they support the Kremlin on other international policy issues.

The measure was strongly condemned in the West. criticized the annexation Attacks on the Crimean peninsula in 2014 were responded to with international sanctions. One of the most notable reactions to the 2022 votes was a parody referendum in the Czech Republic to annex Russia’s Kaliningrad region under the name of the Kralovec region.