Peskov did not confirm Putin’s message to the Federal Assembly on September 30

The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, answering a question from Kommersant FM about the possibility of holding a message from Vladimir Putin to the Federal Assembly on September 30, could not confirm the information about the event. He explained that the Kremlin would “timely” report on the president’s planned speeches related to the referendums in Ukraine.

“No, I can’t … About this (planned performances.— “b”) we will inform you in a timely manner,” said Mr. Peskov during today’s press call.

Earlier, RIA Novosti, citing a source in parliament reportedthat a “protocol event” with the participation of the president is scheduled for September 30. According to him, on September 30, the procedure for the entry of new territories into Russia will take place based on the results of referenda in the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions of Ukraine.

On March 18, 2014, Vladimir Putin addressed the Federal Assembly two days after the referendum on the status of Crimea, following which the peninsula became part of Russia. The message was read out in the Georgievsky Hall of the Kremlin, during the speech, Vladimir Putin said that Russia does not want the “partition of Ukraine” and criticized the politics of Western countries. In journalism, this speech, by analogy with “Munich speech” 2007, was called the “Crimean speech”.

About Putin’s speech in 2014 – in the material “Kommersant FM” “”Putin spoke quite harshly against the West””.

Andrey Sapozhnikov