.jpg) Vladimir Putin takes the oath of office as the President of Russia | |
| Date | 7 May 2024; 18 months ago (2024-05-07) |
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| Time | 12:00 (MSK) |
| Venue | Grand Kremlin Palace |
| Location | Moscow, Russia |
| Participants | President of Russia, Vladimir Putin Assuming office President of the Constitutional Court of Russia,Valery ZorkinAdministering oath |
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Thefifthinauguration ofVladimir Putin asPresident of Russia took place on 7 May 2024, after Putin was declared the winner of the2024 Russian presidential election.
Amid the ongoingRussian invasion of Ukraine and reports ofelectoral fraud, several countries refused to send representatives to the inauguration ceremony. This was the first full term after the2020 amendments to the Constitution of Russia which established a hard two-term limit and reset Putin's prior term count.
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Vladimir Putin has served as President of the Russian Federation continuously since 2012, having previously served between 2000 and 2008, after which the position was held byDmitry Medvedev.
According to official data, in the 2024 presidential election, Putin won with 87.28% of the votes in the first round.
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At noon, Putin proceeded to the Hall of the Order of St. Andrew in theGrand Kremlin Palace, where he took the oath of allegiance to theConstitution.[1] Before arriving for the inauguration, Putin was first shown sitting at a desk in his office in the Kremlin, then walking through the corridors. Afterwards, he went to the venue in a restyledAurus Senat, as he did in theprevious inauguration in 2018; however, this time he was accompanied by electric motorcycles of the same brand.[2][3]
After taking the oath, Putin made an address to the citizens, and then, according to tradition, received the parade of the presidential regiment on theKremlin'sCathedral Square, and attended an Orthodox prayer service at theCathedral of the Annunciation.[4][5][6]
Following the inauguration, thegovernment ofPrime MinisterMikhail Mishustin resigned as per constitutional convention.[5][7] Putin reappointed Mishustin to form asecond cabinet on 10 May, which was later overwhelmingly confirmed by theState Duma.[8][9]
There were a total of 2,600 attendees at the event,[10] including members of the government, the presidential administration, deputies of both chambers of theFederal Assembly, judges of theConstitutional Court and members of theCentral Election Commission. They included members of Putin's entourage, such as former presidentDmitry Medvedev,head of ChechnyaRamzan Kadyrov, the CEO ofChannel One Russia,Konstantin Ernst, and American actorSteven Seagal. Standing on stage next to Putin were thepresident of the Constitutional Court,Valery Zorkin, and the speakers of theFederation Council andState Duma, respectivelyValentina Matviyenko andVyacheslav Volodin.[6][3][1]
On 6 May, Russian Presidential AideYuri Ushakov informed journalists during a press briefing that formal invitations had been extended to all foreign ambassadors based in Moscow for the upcoming inauguration ceremony.[11] Russian Deputy Foreign MinisterSergei Ryabkov, speaking in an interview with Channel One, described the decision to invite ambassadors fromunfriendly countries as a complex one, yet emphasized that it served as a clear signal from Moscow to these states. Ryabkov remarked that the conduct of states that declined to send their diplomats is deemed as "cheap."[11] Envoys from sixEuropean Union member states were confirmed at the inauguration, including representatives ofHungary andSlovakia, and the ambassadors ofFrance,Greece,Malta andCyprus.[3][12] Also attending were ambassadorsSimona Halperin ofIsrael, Robert Kvile ofNorway, and Lee Do-hoon ofSouth Korea.[13][14][15]
Armenia'sPrime MinisterNikol Pashinyan said that he did not receive an invitation from Putin.[16][17]Lithuanian Foreign MinisterGabrielius Landsbergis said, "We believe that the isolation of Russia, especially its criminal leader, must continue... Participation in Putin's inauguration is unacceptable for Lithuania. Our priority remains supporting Ukraine and its people who are fighting against Russian aggression."[18]United States State Department spokesmanMatthew Miller said that the US would not be sending a representative to the inauguration, but in regard to whether Putin was being considered an illegitimate president, added that "the elections weren't fair, but he still presides in Russia."[19][20] TheEuropean Union said it would not be sending its ambassador to attend the inauguration.[21]
Other countries which did not attend includedAustria,[22]Belgium,[23]Canada,[24] theCzech Republic,Estonia,[25]Finland,[26]Germany,[12]Japan,[27]Latvia,[17]Poland,[28]Sweden,[29] and theUnited Kingdom.[24]
Bahrain, Brunei, China, Nicaragua, North Korea, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen conveyed formal messages of congratulations to Vladimir Putin on his inauguration as President of Russia.[30][31][32][33][34][35]
Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition leaderAlexei Navalny, whodied in prison in February, described Putin as "a liar, a thief and a murderer" and urged her supporters "to keep up the fight against Putin".[5]Ukraine declared that it would not acknowledge Putin as the president of Russia.[36]
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