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Anton Kobyakov #crackpot #moonbat #wingnut tass.com

Procedure of USSR dissolution in 1991 was violated — presidential adviser

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MOSCOW, May 21. /TASS/. In 1991, the dissolution of the Soviet Union was carried out in a manner that many legal experts argue was fundamentally flawed. Russian presidential adviser Anton Kobyakov asserted at a press conference following the International Legal Forum in St. Petersburg that the Soviet Union "still legally exists."

Kobyakov explained, "The Soviet Union continues to exist in a legal sense - something that constitutional law specialists, including those in Western countries such as the United States and France, have long acknowledged. This is because the procedure for the so-called dissolution of the USSR was violated. Since the Congress of People's Deputies (also known as the Congress of Soviets) established the USSR in 1922, it should have been dissolved through a decision by that same Congress. If the legal procedure was not properly followed, then, according to constitutional law experts, the USSR remains legally intact."

He also criticized the legitimacy of the Belovezha Accords, which are widely credited with dissolving the USSR. "From a legal perspective, the Belovezha Accords are entirely questionable," Kobyakov stated. "This agreement was later ratified by the Supreme Soviets of the Russian Federation, Ukraine, and Belarus - acts that, in fact, exceeded their authority. If the Soviet Union was not legally dissolved, then the Ukrainian crisis, for example, could be viewed as an internal matter rather than an international conflict."

The adviser emphasized that a proper legal assessment of the USSR's dissolution is essential to fully understand current geopolitical developments.

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Vladimir Putin #conspiracy #wingnut #dunning-kruger tass.com

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Putin says US troops in Germany occupation forces in legal terms, in actuality

According to the Russian leader, "German politicians themselves say that after the Second World War, Germany was never, in the full sense of the word, a sovereign country"

MOSCOW, January 25. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said US troops in Germany are still occupation forces in legal terms and in practice.

"Soviet troops were stationed in Austria but they left voluntarily <...> Russia as the legal successor of the Soviet Union is the guarantor of the constitution of the Austrian Republic and the guarantor of the neutrality of the Austrian Republic. In general, many ordinary people in Austria are aware of that and are grateful to Russia for this position. <...> As for other European countries, the situation is complicated," the president said at a meeting with university students.

He said "the biggest country in Europe, the economic giant is the Federal Republic of Germany, and the Soviet Union formalized legally binding terms to end its occupation."

"Following the Second World War Germany was divided, as you know, into four sectors: the American, the British, The French and the Soviet ones. So, the Soviet Union formalized the end of that occupation status, and the United States hasn’t. And strictly speaking, formally and in a legal sense, there are US occupation forces that are on the territory of the Federal Republic [of Germany]. And that’s what’s happening in effect: There are a lot of them there," Putin said.

According to the president, "German politicians themselves say that after the Second World War, Germany was never, in the full sense of the word, a sovereign country."

"This is not what I am saying, it’s said by prominent, I want to emphasize this, not Russian-oriented politicians, but German-oriented politicians, they are saying it bluntly. It's direct speech. A lot of what's going on has deep roots, certain foundations," Putin said.

Alexander Lukashenko #conspiracy #wingnut tass.com

Lukashenko says protests were orchestrated from Poland, UK, Czech Republic

According to Lukashenko, Russian, Polish and Ukrainian citizens attempted to take part in mass protests

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Monday that protests on Sunday evening had been orchestrated by means of telephone calls from Poland, the United Kingdom, and the Czech Republic.

"We traced calls from abroad, and as a former intelligence officer you know that. Calls came from Poland, Great Britain, and the Czech Republic to control, I beg your pardon, sheep: they don’t understand what they are doing and are easy to be controlled," BelTA agency quoted him as saying at a meeting with chairman of the CIS Executive Secretariat Sergei Lebedev, who headed a CIS observer mission at Sunday’s presidential elections.

According to Lukashenko, Russian, Polish and Ukrainian citizens attempted to take part in mass protests that took place in Belarus.

"I’m not going to mention Poland: they’ve already settled down there, trying to pull the strings as well. I’m not going to talk about Ukraine: people came from there. I’m sure this is not state policy, however, there are many "Maidan-crazy" people over there whom I’ve already mentioned. Unfortunately, some people came from Russia as well," Lukashenko said, quoted by BelTA news agency.

Lukashenko has vowed to prevent Maidan-like events and appropriately respond to attempts to tear the country apart.

"I said that no Maidan-like events would take place here, no matter how much some might want it to happen. So everyone needs to calm down," Lukashenko said.

The head of state pledged to adequately respond to attempts to destabilize the situation in Belarus. "We won’t let anyone tear the country apart," he added.