At the Suggestion of the Kremlin, the Unwinding of the Theme that the USSR "Legally Still Exists" Began: EADaily

An adviser to the Kremlin dictator Anton Kobyakov said that the Soviet Union allegedly still legally “exists somewhere”, so the Russian invasion of Ukraine is an “internal conflict”. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry responded that these are “ridiculous legal fantasies”.

At the suggestion of the Kremlin, the unwinding of the theme that the USSR "legally still exists" began: EADaily

EADaily, May 22nd, 2025. The topic raised the day before, on May 21, by the adviser to the President of the Russian Federation, Anton Kobyakov, that the Soviet Union "legally still exists", since the procedure for its dissolution was violated, was continued. The head of the State Duma Committee on Family Protection…

The Soviet Union legally still exists, and the conflict in Ukraine is therefore a purely domestic matter, Anton Kobyakov, an adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin, said during the St. Petersburg International Forum. Russia has long tried to portray its invasion of its neighboring country as a domestic problem in an attempt to reduce foreign support for the besieged Ukraine.

As Putin's adviser, Kobjakov multiplied his chief by zero.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine reacted sharply to the recent statements of Russian officials who questioned the legality of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Speaker of the Conservatory Gregory Tikhy called the collapse of the USSR in 1991 “one of the most encouraging moments” of the end of the twentieth century and pointed out that this process was final and irretrievable. In his post on the X social network, he called on Russian po…

Putin ' s counselor justified Russian troops ' invasion of Ukraine with the alleged legal existence of the USSR in 2025.