# Naryshkin is made to state, on camera, support for recognising the so-called DPR and LPR

Date: 2022

## The fact

On 21 February 2022, in the televised Security Council of the Russian Federation, SVR director [Sergey Naryshkin](/people/sergey-naryshkin) said he “will support” recognising the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s republics.” [Vladimir Putin](/people/vladimir-putin) cut in: “Will support, or do support? Tell me straight.” When Naryshkin then appeared to speak of the regions becoming part of Russia, Putin said that was not the question. Naryshkin then stated support for independence.

## Context

The SVR director sits on the council. Politicised intel cover is the instrument: an intelligence chief made to bless the diplomatic prelude to the war. Three days later the invasion began. Vladimir Putin chaired. [Nikolai Patrushev](/people/nikolai-patrushev) organised.

Neighbouring council speeches by other members are stored on their rows. Keep Naryshkin is made to state, on camera, support for recognising the so-called DPR and LPR on 2022-02-21 separate from neighbouring Security Council exchange instruments.

The director of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) sits on the Security Council and can be made to bless recognition on camera. He does not write presidential decrees or fire missiles.

## Evidence and sources

President of Russia / Kremlin carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently.

## Significance

The path is the Ukraine war: a completed public intel-chief blessing of the recognition that opened the last three days before the full-scale invasion.

## What is established and what is not

Established: a 21 February 2022 on-camera exchange in which Naryshkin was made to state support for recognising the so-called DPR/LPR, independently recorded the same day.

Not established: a unique later casualty coefficient, or that the SVR director wrote the invasion address.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

The president demanded it. The secretary staged the forum. Reuters did not write the script.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Naryshkin is made to state, on camera, support for recognising the so-called DPR and LPR, not a later speech about Naryshkin is made to state, on camera, support for recognising the so-called DPR and LPR.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. Naryshkin is made to state, on camera, support for recognising the so-called DPR and LPR on 2022-02-21 is not a licence to treat every later President of Russia / Kremlin communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Naryshkin is made to state, on camera, support for recognising the so-called DPR and LPR into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to He spoke the blessing. The president demanded it. The secretary staged the forum. Reuters did not write the script. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

## People

- Sergey Naryshkin: https://factrail.ai/people/sergey-naryshkin

## Drivers

- Ukraine war (Crimea–Donbas–2022+): https://factrail.ai/drivers/ukraine-war

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/world/piece-kremlin-theatre-putin-weighs-fateful-decision-ukraine-2022-02-21/
- http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/67825

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/ru-naryshkin-security-council-2022-02-21