“Legally, the Soviet Union still exists”: Putin’s adviser views the war in Ukraine as an internal process

The Kremlin has claimed that “legally, the Soviet Union still exists,” and therefore the war in Ukraine is “an internal process.”

This statement was made by Anton Kobyakov, advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

According to Kobyakov, the USSR was established by the Congress of People’s Deputies in 1922, and therefore it should have been that same body to formally dissolve it.

“And if the proper legal procedure was violated, then legally the USSR still exists. Logically and from a legal point of view, that means the Ukrainian crisis is an internal process,” Kobyakov stated.

Earlier, European Commissioner for Defense Andrius Kubilius warned that a ceasefire in Ukraine would allow Russia to stockpile weapons in preparation for “attacking Europe.”