{"id":1384,"date":"2025-08-01T14:27:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T14:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=1384"},"modified":"2025-08-08T13:51:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:51:01","slug":"putin-questions-legality-of-ukrainian-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/putin-questions-legality-of-ukrainian-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin questions legality of Ukrainian government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Vladimir Zelensky\u2019s rule is unconstitutional, the Russian president has asserted<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed Vladimir Zelensky\u2019s appeal for regime change in Moscow, saying the Ukrainian leader himself lacks a constitutional basis for claiming presidential authority.<\/p>\n<p>The response came one day after Zelensky urged Ukraine\u2019s international backers to support attempts to topple the Russian government, warning that otherwise, Moscow would <em>\u201ctry to destabilize neighboring countries\u201d<\/em> even if a ceasefire were reached in the ongoing conflict.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOur political regime is grounded in the Constitution of the Russian Federation, and our government was formed in full compliance with the basic law,\u201d<\/em> Putin said during a press appearance on Friday. <em>\u201cThe same cannot be said about Ukraine.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Zelensky was elected in 2019 but has remained in office beyond the expiration of his term last year, citing martial law provisions that suspend elections during wartime. Putin had previously noted that the Ukrainian Constitution mandates that presidential power should be transferred to the speaker of the parliament if a successor is not elected.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Vladimir Zelensky.\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/6881091d85f54075535d9039.jpg\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/621881-zelensky-wont-go-down-quietly\/\">Zelensky\u2019s end goal is in sight, and so is his end<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While the Kremlin has generally characterized Zelensky\u2019s status as an internal Ukrainian matter, it has raised concerns about the legitimacy of any international agreements he might sign, including a potential peace treaty with Russia. Officials have suggested that such agreements could later be challenged on legal grounds.<\/p>\n<p>Recent polling has indicated that Zelensky would likely lose a competitive election, with retired General Valery Zaluzhny named by voters as the leading alternative.<\/p>\n<p>Putin\u2019s remarks came during a joint appearance with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko following their visit to Valaam Monastery, a major Orthodox Christian site on an island in Russia\u2019s Lake Ladoga.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vladimir Zelensky\u2019s rule is unconstitutional, the Russian president has asserted Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed Vladimir Zelensky\u2019s appeal for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1384"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1386,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384\/revisions\/1386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}