By EMMANUEL YASHIM
MOSCOW- Russia will hold elections to municipal and regional legislatures in September and the presidential election in 2024 in accordance with law, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
He said this on Tuesday in his State of the Nation Address to the Russian Federal Assembly.
“Elections to municipal and regional legislatures this September and presidential election in 2024 will be held in strict accordance with the law, all democratic and constitutional procedures,” Putin said.
He added that Russia did everything it could to resolve the situation in Donbas by peaceful means, but a different scenario was prepared by other countries.
“We did everything we could – everything really – to solve this problem by peaceful means.
“We patiently held negotiations on a peaceful way out of this extremely tough conflict.
“But a very different scenario was prepared behind our backs,” the president said. (Sputnik/NAN)
