The situation in the Russian border region of Belgorod remains unclear after an attack by guerrilla groups. But while the war is being carried into Russia, Vladimir Putin prefers to bestow medals on it “mother heroines”.
What do you do as a president while hostile guerrilla groups are attacking the country, destroying border posts and your own military is unable to get the 80 to 100 fighters under control? Vladimir Putin awards medals in such a situation. As fighting between Russian security forces and the dissident groups continued in the Russian border region of Belgorod on Tuesday, he pinned a few medals to the proud chests of a few dozen men and women in the Kremlin.
Among them was Medni Kadyrova, a mother of 13 and wife of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. Putin drew them with the title “mother heroine” out of.
The Kremlin boss introduced the award in August last year. It is intended to help slow down the rapid fall in the birth rate in Russia. In addition to a medal, women who have given birth to at least ten children will receive one million rubles. According to the current rate, that’s around 11,600 euros.
For the wife of Kadyrov, who has ruled Chechnya since 2007 by the grace of Putin, the sum should not matter. For Lyudmila Badmaeva, however, a million rubles is an incredible amount of money. The woman from one of the poorest provinces in Russia Buryatia was awarded together with Kadyrova. Overall, the title “mother heroine” now awarded to eleven women.
Vladimir Putin is silent on Belgorod
Putin did not comment on the events in Belgorod during the ceremony. Instead, he repeated his constant propaganda mantras that Russia was the victim. The “west” want Russia “crush and slander”. “Russia is going through difficult times at the moment.” It was never easy either. “But today is a special moment for our national consolidation”Putin claimed.
According to his spokesman Dmitri Peskov, Putin was informed about the attack in Belgorod on Monday.
Source: Stern
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