OLENA ROSHCHINA – WEDNESDAY, 22 JUNE 2022, 14:06
On Wednesday, Vladimir Putin, the Russian President, is holding an operational meeting with permanent members of the Russian Security Council.
Source: RIA Novosti
Details: In particular, Putin discussed with permanent members of the Security Council preparations for the National Election Day in Russia in September.
“It is necessary to prepare and hold this major domestic political event with dignity, to provide the necessary conditions and security.”
Press Secretary to the Russian President Dmitri Peskov said earlier that on Wednesday Putin was working in the Kremlin: he had working meetings, an operational meeting with permanent members of the Security Council and preparations for the BRICS summit [BRICS is the acronym coined to associate five major emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa], which will be held by video conference on 23-24 June.
Peskov has not disclosed the topics for discussion at the Security Council.
The meeting is being held while active hostilities are taking place in Ukraine and amid rising tensions around the Baltic states.
Background:
According to one version, Russia may try to hold pseudo-referendums in the occupied territories on the National Election Day in Russia, on 11 September.
