Russia’s Human Rights Council Refused to Upset Putin with Ukraine Questions

• Russia’s Human Rights Council was warned not to ask Putin questions about Ukraine.
• On Wednesday, the council met with Putin to discuss their annual meeting.
• The council chair was instructed not to address the “toxic issue” of Russia’s death toll. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin was asked questions by the Russian presidential Human Rights Council about the ongoing invasion in Ukraine. the Moscow Times reportedCiting the investigative news site Vyorstka. On Wednesday, Putin and the council met for their annual meeting. 

According to the report, members of the presidential administration presented a list of approved topics to Valery Fadeyev as a pre-meeting. The law that criminalizes spreading “fake information” about the military, protests regarding Putin’s partial mobilisation, and the “toxic matter” of the Russian military’s death in Ukraine are some of the topics not to be discussed. Russia’s experience in the war in Ukraine has been disastrous. Russia is estimated to have suffered around 500,000 casualties. 100,000 casualtiesSince Putin launched the invasion in February.

Putin in November booted a number of membersFrom the council, Alexander Verkhovsky (xenophobia researcher) and Igor Kalyapin (anti-torture activist) were both present. He added supporters of war to the body while he was still alive, including Alexander Kots who was a war correspondent for Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda. sanctioned by the UK.

Putin stated that the war in Ukraine would be a long process and denied any plans for a second mobilization. 

Putin stated that the duration of the special-military operation can be long. per Reuters.

Russian leader, who made repeated threats to nuclear war since the unprovoked invasion and occupation of Ukraine, also stated that he didn’t plan to use weapons mass destruction. 

Putin stated, “We haven’t gone mad, but we know what nuclear weapons are.” “We have these weapons in a more advanced and modern form that any other nuclear country.”

Putin said, “But we aren’t about to run around with this weapon like razors.” 

Putin also stated that Russia would use all its resources to defend itself.