Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav VolodinMOSCOW, Mar 17 President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin is coming with one goal — to destroy Russia, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said on his Telegram channel. Volodin.
“As it turned out, you don’t know the people of our country at all,” he added, addressing the authors of harsh statements about the Russian leader. US President Joe Biden said earlier that he considers the Russian leader a “war criminal.” Also, the US Senate on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution condemning the Russian leadership for the special operation in Ukraine. The document was introduced by Republican Lindsey Graham, who proposed condemning «the ongoing violence, war crimes and crimes against humanity and the systematic violations of rights by the Russian Armed Forces, President Putin's military command, by order of President Vladimir Putin.»
Biden understands that he is in charge of the situation in Ukraine, said Volodin. The senators also spoke in favor of the efforts of the US government and allied countries to «hold President Vladimir Putin, the Russian Security Council, the Armed Forces and the command to account for their support of the ongoing violence.» The resolution of the Senate has no legislative force and does not impose any obligations on the executive branch. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24th. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» To this end, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the DNR and LNR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian President emphasized. Is the country in danger of default?