The Russian Presidency (Kremlin) condemned on Monday the invasion of power institutions in Brazil by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro and guaranteed that it “fully supports” the current Brazilian leader, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
“We strongly condemn the actions of the instigators of the riots and fully support Brazilian President Lula da Silva,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
On Sunday, on behalf of the 27 Member States of the European Union, the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, had already expressed his “full support” for the Brazilian president and condemned the attack on the headquarters of the three powers of the State, in Brasilia.
“The European Union reiterates its full support for President Lula and the Brazilian democratic system and stands in solidarity with the democratic institutions that are the object of this attack,” Borrell said.
Thousands of supporters of the former Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, invaded this Sunday the headquarters of the National Congress and successively the Palácio do Planalto, seat of the Government, and the building of the Federal Supreme Court, in the Brazilian capital.
After breaking security barriers abroad, pro-Bolsonaro protesters invaded the buildings of the three institutions that house the legislative, executive and judicial branches, in a violent protest in the capital Brasilia, where the President was not present.
The images broadcast live on social networks showed several protesters inside the three public buildings, leaving a trail of destruction, without any attempt by the authorities to restore order being observed in the first hours.
The radicals, who do not recognize the result of the October 30 presidential election, in which Lula narrowly defeated Bolsonaro, have called for military intervention to oust the Brazilian president.
The Military Police managed to recover the three institutions and completely evacuate Praça dos Três Poderes, in an operation that resulted in at least 300 arrests.
The invasion, immediately condemned by the international community, began after militants from the Brazilian extreme right – supporters of the former president – called a protest on the Esplanada dos Ministérios, in Brasilia.
Source: TSF
