Poroshenko predicts more aggressive actions of the Kremlin with the approach of presidential elections
President Petro Poroshenko predicts that the Kremlin is getting more aggressive with the approaching presidential elections in Russia in 2018.
He said this during a speech at the 10th forum bezopasnosti Kiev, UNIAN reports.
“The Kremlin is preparing for presidential elections in 2018. Becomes more aggressive, to hide their weakness,” – said Poroshenko.
According to him, Russia is actively spreading fake information and propaganda.
“The Kremlin is breaking our values to spread your agenda. He uses his modern “relay tower” under the guise of freedom of speech to spread its blatant propaganda,” he said.
Poroshenko stressed that Russia “maintains the electoral procedure for infecting the very heart of European democracy”.
“The Kremlin sees territorial expansion as a noble moral and historical purpose. With the occupation of Crimea and Donbas “inhabited island” of repression and lawlessness is spreading beyond its limits”, he added.
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We will remind, the President Petro Poroshenko believes that Ukraine, which demonstrates the progress towards reforms and democracy, is an existential threat to Moscow. He stressed that Ukrainians, unlike Russians, “always looked at the world through the prism of universal ideas of liberation, freedom, respect for human dignity and the rule of law”.
The President noted that the occupation of the Crimea and the Donbass is a Prime example of Russian provincialism.
Earlier media wrote that Putin is putting together a team to guarantee his election victory for a fourth term by a wide margin in 2018. It should hold regular elections, and the election of Putin, who is more like a referendum on confidence to the incumbent President.
Sands somehow hinted at future plans of the Kremlin. Regarding the upcoming presidential elections in Russia, Peskov made clear that Putin will go for a new term. He could not clearly answer the question of the journalist will be allowed Alexei Navalny to participate in elections of the President of the Russian Federation in 2018.