It was to be a “voluminous” speech, according to Dmitry Peskov, his spokesperson. In the end, it only lasted thirty-seven minutes. Russian President Vladimir Putin made official on Friday, September 30, the annexation by Russia of the four territories in eastern Ukraine consulted by referendum, on behalf of the “right to self-determination of peoples”. “It is the will of millions of people”affirmed Vladimir Putin during an official ceremony in the presence of hundreds of dignitaries, including elected officials of the Duma, in the Saint-Georges hall of the Kremlin.
“The people of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhia become our citizens forever”he added, adding that the people had voted ” unequivocal “ for “a common future”. “Four New Russian Regions” will be thus formed, he said. We will defend these lands “with all our strength and by all means”he hammered, speaking of a fight “for the Great Historic Russia”. “The Soviet Union no longer exists, we can’t go back to the past, but Russia doesn’t need it anymore, doesn’t need it anymore”he continued.
Repeatedly applauded, the Russian President called on kyiv to “immediately cease firing, all hostilities” and to “return to the negotiating table”despite the recent disappointments of troops from Moscow, a pocket of which has been partially surrounded since Friday in the strategic town of Lyman.
Diatribe against the West
In his speech, the head of the Kremlin indulged above all in a violent diatribe against the West, which he accused of wanting at all costs to preserve a “neocolonial system which allows it to parasitize and, in fact, plunder the whole world”. “They want to see us as a colony. »
He continued his accusations by talking about “satanicism”of “negation of the human being” and violation of moral and family values. “Do we want in our country, instead of having a father and a mother, we have a parent noh 1 and a parent noh 2? (…) That we talk to our children about sex reassignment operations? »he launched, judging that the “propaganda” of the “dollar dictatorship” concealed the truth. Russophobia at work in the world is ” racism “he denounced.
He also accused the Anglo-Saxons of being behind the “explosion” which caused leaks on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines, built to transport Russian gas to Europe. He had already described this attack on Thursday as“international act of terrorism”.
At the end of the speech, Mr Putin signed the annexation documents alongside Denis Pushilin (Donetsk oblast), Leonid Passechnik (Luhansk oblast), Vladimir Saldo (Kherson oblast) and Ievhen Balytsky (Zaporizhia oblast) . They then joined their hands before chanting “Russia! » in unison with the room, according to the images broadcast on television. “A real historic moment”commented the presenter of the Rossia 24 channel.
