Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted the annual press conference, where he traditionally takes stock of Russia’s situation in the international arena. This year, in a mixed format with Linha Directa, in which it answers citizens’ questions
It is not possible for Russia to exist without sovereignty, the main objective is to strengthen it, said Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday (14). “I have said this many times, but it is not a sin to repeat myself.
For a country like Russia, the existence, simply the existence of our country without sovereignty is impossible. It simply won’t exist [nesse caso]at least in the form in which it exists today and in which it has existed for a thousand years”, said Putin, summing up the year’s results at the annual press conference, which takes place in a mixed format with Linha Directa.
“The main thing is to strengthen sovereignty, but this is a very broad concept. Strengthening, so to speak, external sovereignty means strengthening the country’s defense capabilities, security along the borders.
This is regarding strengthening national sovereignty, which means the unconditional guarantee of the rights and freedoms of the country’s citizens, the development of our political system, parliamentarism.
And, finally, it is to guarantee security and sovereignty in the economic area, technological sovereignty”, added the president. Demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine As Ukraine does not want to agree to its demilitarization, Russia is forced to use other measures, including military ones, Vladimir Putin said.
He added that Ukraine no longer produces almost anything, although it is trying to preserve what is left of the industry. “They receive everything, pardon the word, for free, but this free payment might end at some point.
And, it seems, it is coming to an end little by little.” The senior Russian official indicated that the West delivered everything it had promised to deliver to Ukraine and even more, but that Russia destroys this military equipment during military operations.
As for the issue of denazification, it remains current, declared the President of Russia. “The head of the current government in Kiev, in front of the whole world, gives a standing ovation to a former soldier of the [grupo paramilitar nazista] SS, who was directly involved in the Holocaust, in the extermination of one and a half million Jews in Ukraine, Russians and Poles, applauds standing up. Isn’t this a manifestation of Nazism? Therefore, the issue of denazification is urgent,” Putin pointed out.
Russian special military operation
There will be peace when Russia’s objectives are achieved, the Russian president responded to the question regarding when there will be peace, and recalled that the objectives of the special military operation have not changed.
“I will remember what we talked regarding at the time: the denazification of Ukraine, its demilitarization, its neutral status,” Putin said. Russians and Ukrainians are fundamentally one people, and what is happening now in relations with Ukraine looks like a civil war, the Russian president said.
The issue of delivering drones to the Russian Armed Forces is improving, domestic production is growing, highlighted Vladimir Putin. “After all, we have a front line of almost 2 thousand kilometers.
Of course, not everything may be delivered on time, but our own production is growing and much is being purchased, including privately, abroad.
The State, the Ministry of Defense and industry are, of course, working actively,” he said, responding to a question from war correspondent Dmitry Kulko.
The president rejected comparisons between operations in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip. “What is happening [em Gaza] It is obviously a catastrophe.
We just talked regarding the situation related to the Ukrainian crisis, but you, everyone present here and the whole world can see it. Look at the special military operation and what is happening in Gaza and feel the difference.
There is nothing like this in Ukraine”, he detailed. “You mentioned the deaths of thousands of women and children. The UN Secretary General [António Guterres] called today’s Gaza Strip the largest children’s cemetery in the world.
This review says a lot. This is an objective assessment, what can I say more?” Western involvement He blamed the US for carrying out and taking advantage of the 2014 coup d’état in Kiev, in collaboration with Poland, Germany and France, and that the latter pretended they knew nothing.
The West has given Ukraine everything it promised, even more, but Russian forces have already destroyed 747 tanks and 2,300 armored vehicles since the start of the Kiev “offensive,” the Russian leader noted.
The president also indicated that the Russian economy has sufficient capabilities for the country to continue advancing with its objectives. “This safety margin, which we have also talked regarding many times, but I will repeat, is guaranteed by several components.
The first, and this is the most important, is the high consolidation of Russian society,” said Putin. “The second is the stability of the country’s financial and economic system.
As it turned out, it was a surprise for our so-called partners and, to be honest, for many of us too, that in previous decades Russia had accumulated this reserve of strength and stability in finance and the economy”, detailed the Russian leader.
