US Secretary of State Blinken blocked the text of the G7 statement with Putin's election in the Russian Federation, La Repubblica reports.
The text in which the elections were called "Fars" was prepared by Italy, which presented in the "seven", and it was positively noted by the adviser to the White House Sullivan, but the State Department recognized the formulation of the statement inappropriate.
"The reason was the desire not to give Moscow a reason for further interference with elections in the United States," the newspaper writes.
Earlier, Sullivan stated that the United States would perceive Putin as Russian President.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken criticized the recent presidential election in the Russian Federation, saying that their result was not established by the will of citizens but by the Kremlin. This is stated in the official statement of the US Secretary of State.
Blinken stressed that in order to create the illusion of support by society, as well as to legalize the annexation of Ukrainian lands, the Kremlin held illegal elections in temporarily occupied territories.
“After a full -scale invasion of Russia in Ukraine, the Kremlin tried to create the illusion that the Russian public is definitely standing for its brutal war, eliminating space for civic discourse and deepening its campaign, violence and censorship against independent media. The propaganda exercise, hoping to strengthen Russia's illegitimate claims to parts of Ukraine, into which it has illegally invaded and occupied now, ”Blinken stressed.
