Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, is opposed to European Union representatives attending the "inauguration" ceremony for Russian leader Vladimir Putin following his sham re-election this spring.
Not all EU member states have decided to ignore Vladimir Putin's so-called inauguration on 7 May, including France, which will be represented at the ambassadorial level. Source: European Pravda, citing Reuters news agency A European diplomat told the agency on condition of anonymity that 20 EU member states would boycott the Kremlin ruler's "inauguration", but the other 7 states would send representatives.
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution condemning the manner in which Vladimir Putin's sham re-election was conducted and calling for those elections not to be declared legitimate. Source: European Pravda with reference to the resolution of the European Parliament's press service Details: In the resolution adopted on 25 April by 493 votes, MEPs call the sham elections a "farce" and urge EU member states and the international community not to recognise the results of the Russian sham el