
Deputy Leonid Ivlev said that the European Union's decision not to recognize the results of the State Duma elections does not matter for the Russian political system, comparing it with a statement about the movement of the sun.
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The European Union issued a statement not recognizing the results of the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
For the Russian political system, the decision of the European Union (EU) not to recognize the results of the elections to the State Duma has no significance, said deputy, Major General of the Reserve Leonid Ivlev. His words are reported by RIA Novosti.
“Amazing things. Several dozen ordinary officials of the Council of the European Union suddenly decided for tens of millions of Russian citizens. But for the Russian political system this decision has absolutely no significance. With equal success, European officials can make a decision that the sun rises in the West and sets in the East,” Ivlev responded to the official statement about the State Duma elections held in Russia.
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