2024-03-18 00:08:37
The president stated that the elections demonstrated the cohesion of the multinational people of Russia.
Courtesy | Putin noted that the opposition’s calls for people to go to the polls can only be “applauded”
The president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has spoken to the press following the first results of the counting of the votes cast in the presidential elections were presented, which show a large victory for the president.
In his first public speech following the publication of the preliminary results of the vote, the Russian leader thanked citizens for their trust and support. “I thank all the citizens of Russia for the trust they have placed in me, and I will do everything in my power to solve all the tasks that have been set for the country and achieve the objectives that we consider priority,” he added.
“We have many tasks ahead of us”
The president stated that the elections demonstrated the cohesion of the multinational people of Russia. “High participation is related to this. People came to create conditions for consolidation,” he declared. Putin recalled that elections are not “something formal,” since “the votes of the citizens of Russia form the unified will of the people.”
“We have many concrete and important tasks ahead of us. The electoral results are the confidence of the country’s citizens and their hope that we will do everything as planned,” he indicated.
Putin noted that the opposition’s calls for people to go to the polls can only be “applauded,” but condemned the fact that some people damaged electoral ballots.
“If the opposition also felt that they should come to vote, it doesn’t matter who, but coming to vote, that’s good, well done,” he said. “That some have spoiled ballots, that is bad,” he added, recalling that this is a criminal offense and that law enforcement will act in accordance with the law.
Casualties of “traitors”
In addition, the president commented on the casualties of “traitors” who participated in military incursions into Russia, referring to Russian citizens participating in the fighting on the side of kyiv.
“The losses of the traitors of the Russian Volunteer Corps [parte de las Fuerzas Armadas de Ucrania] and other similar units in the last attacks amounted to 800 people,” he said regarding the fighting recorded in recent days in the border areas of Belgorod and Kursk. “We do not have a death sentence, but we are going to perceive these people as those who are in the combat zone,” he clarified.
“Everything is possible in the modern world”
Asked regarding the possibility of a conflict between Moscow and NATO, he stated that “anything is possible” in the modern world. “A conflict between Russia and NATO will bring us one step closer to World War III.” […] There are NATO soldiers in Ukraine […] and nothing good for them, they are dying there in large numbers,” the president stressed.
“Expected” reaction from the West
Putin also commented on the “expected reaction” of Western countries to his victory. “The reaction of some foreign countries is expected. What did they want them to do, stand up and applaud? At the end of the day they are fighting once morest us, and by armed means,” he declared. “They intend to stop our development. Of course they will say anything,” he added.
“Taiwan is undoubtedly part of China”
During his speech, Putin also addressed the situation in the Taiwan Strait, recalling that the island of the same name “is undoubtedly part of the People’s Republic of China.”
Putin’s speech comes shortly following the first results of the counting of votes cast in the presidential elections were released, which positioned the president as the winner of the elections. According to Putin, the attempts of countries that maintain unfriendly policies towards the Asian giant and that try to “create provocations” around Taiwan are destined for total failure.
Redeem Navalny
At the same time, Putin revealed that he was willing to exchange former Russian political activist Alexei Navalny, who died in prison last month while serving a sentence for extremism, with Russians detained in the West.
The president detailed that, a few days before Navalny’s death, he discussed the idea of an exchange of the former activist. “The man who was talking to me hadn’t finished his sentence yet, and I said, ‘I agree.’ But, unfortunately, what happened happened,” he noted.
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