Presidential 'election' in Russia: "Let's not recognise Putin’s legitimacy as president", PACE President says // Съвет на Европа. 2024-03-18. These elections have no legitimacy. There were no genuine alternative candidates, no free media, no credible observers present. Civil society has been silenced. And above all, this election has also been conducted on the illegally occupied and annexed territory of Ukraine. All political opposition has been brutally suppressed, and any critics of the regime are either imprisoned or have been forced out of the country.
