After the Ukrainian army took control of Vovchansk, the Russian flag was publicly burned. (Reuters)
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09/14/2022 05:30
[Compilato da Chen Chengliang/Rapporto completo]As Ukraine went from defense to offensive on the battlefield and recovered large tracts of lost land, there were also obvious signs of shock inside Russia. Under the control of the word, President Vladimir Putin has been criticized by celebrities, experts and national Internet officials and is facing the double test of internal and military affairs. A petition calling on Putin to step down was signed by more than 100 lawmakers.
Public opinion representatives from 18 municipal districts of the Russian capital Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kolpino and other cities have posted a petition on social media “Twitter” asking Putin to resign.
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The petition, drafted and published with the assistance of Ksenia Thorstrom in the Semenovsky district of St. Petersburg, was careful not to mention the “war”, lest the signatories break the law by criticizing the war, but “the actions of President Putin undermine the future of Russia and its citizens “, concluding with:” We ask Putin to step down from the Russian presidency! “
The petition was originally co-signed by Solstrom and 18 other MPs. 84 MPs are said to have signed the petition on the 12th, bringing the number of co-signatories to 105. Smolninskoye in St. Petersburg is Putin’s hometown, but when the regional parliament has fired the first shot on the 8th, approved a resolution calling on the “State Duma”, the lower house of the Russian parliament, to accuse Putin of treason. to remove him from office. The next day, some lawmakers, including Nikita Yuferev, were summoned by the police on suspicion of damaging the reputation of the Russian military.
On the 12th, the parliament of the Lomonosovsky district of Moscow also issued a petition asking Putin to resign on the basis that Putin has brought Russia back to the Cold War era, causing the world to begin to fear Russia again: “Your point of view. And your model of government is irretrievably obsolete, which hinders the development of Russia and its human potential. “
Kremlin warns: 15 years in prison
In this regard, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned on the 13th that legitimate criticism of Russia’s “special military operation” in Ukraine is just one line from violating the wartime censorship law (up to 15 years in prison) , but he also insisted that the people of the whole country will continue to support Putin.
In addition, several state TV stations in Russia rarely made any noise in public. Former and current MPs, political scientists and other prominent figures have quarreled on independent state television (NTV) talk shows. The first Russian channel (Rossiya-1) also seemed to dare to contradict the authorities. Many Russian military internet celebrities were also angry at the Defense Ministry’s clumsy PR tactics and demanded that the Russian army commander be punished. Putin insisted on attending Moscow’s founding anniversary celebration on the 10th, which also caused a backlash from his cronies. Independent Russian media claim that the inner circle of power has begun to pave the way for a power struggle in the “post-Putin era”.
However, the New York Times pointed out that while there are many signs that the Russian elite are uncomfortable with the defeat of the Russian military and unsure how to move forward, there is no evidence that Putin’s hold on. power is weakening. The BBC also reported that there had been no signs of panic within the Kremlin and Putin still seemed to think the situation would be in his favor.
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