2024-03-01 23:16:49
Completing his speech on Russian advances on the Ukrainian front, Vladimir Putin was also on the offensive on the economic front on Thursday February 29. “Last year, the Russian economy grew at a faster rate than the global average,” declared the Russian President in particular, during a speech lasting more than two hours to the Federal Assembly. “We have surpassed not only the major countries of the European Union, but all the so-called “G7” countries,” he added, highlighting a Russia “Europe’s largest economy, in terms of gross domestic product in purchasing power parity, and fifth largest economy in the world”. “The pace and above all the quality of growth allow us to hope and even affirm that in the near future we will be able to take a new step forward,” declared the master of the Kremlin. Before continuing: “We will become one of the four largest economic powers in the world.”
Growth that the Russian head of state intends to see “concretely convert into the income of the population”. A Russian population, itself closely linked to the economic growth of the country, in the eyes of the Russian president, who intends to boost its dynamism. “In 2030, the country will have 8.3 million citizens aged 20 to 24, and in 2035, 9.7 million,” he declared, either “2.4 million more than today. »
In this regard, V. Putin warned that a lack of qualified personnel might hamper the country’s development in the future. “We are making the dreams of the older generation come true and tomorrow we will have to help the new ones,” he declared in particular, linking the future of the country to the success of the education of the younger generations. Praising the work “altruistic” teachers, the Russian president considered that the training of younger generations constituted “the most important guarantee of Russia’s sovereignty, the continuation of our history.” During his speech, the Head of State announced the launch of several new national projects. Three of them, titled “family”, “long and active life” et “youth of Russia”, aspire to improve the hope and quality of life of families with children as well as support the birth rate. A fourth, baptized « personnel », aims to strengthen the education and training of young Russians. As part of this latest project, the Russian president notably announced the mobilization of 400 billion rubles (4.06 billion euros) by 2030 in order to create 40 university campuses across the Federation.
Charge once morest the West
“We prevented our country from being dismembered,” the head of the Kremlin also welcomed the members of the Council of Ministers, deputies of the State Duma, heads of departments and other political figures. This year, participants of the special operation in Donbass also took part in the event. Two years following the start of the Russian operation in Ukraine, the Russian leader praised the unity of the population, supporting his troops. “Millions of people joined the operations” and “companies sent billions of rubles”, he greeted. Before adding: “Our heroes in the trenches know that the whole country is with them. »
“The colonialist West wants to slow down our development, wants a dying and dependent Russia, and to do with Russia what they have done with other regions of the world, including in Ukraine,” castigated the Russian leader, opposing this adversary “strong resistance” of a multi-ethnic country and of which the army reflects: “Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Jewish soldiers, representatives of different ethnicities and faiths showed the unity of the Russian people. »
“Our army has acquired considerable combat experience,” V. Putin further argued, judging with satisfaction that “tactical art”, lead by “a host of warlords” et “at all levels of the army”, had developed. If the Russian president admits the existence of ” problems “ within the army, work is, according to him, “conducted accordingly” in order to resolve them. “We have technology that has shown its effectiveness,” he continued, referring to the combat use of hypersonic missile systems Zircon et Vanguard, and ballistic missile tests Poseidon.
“Our army goes on the offensive and liberates territories,” was keen to highlight V. Putin, two weeks following the victory at Avdeïevka in the Donbass, and while the Russian army is on the offensive in several places on the front. “We did not start this war, we are doing everything to finish it, to uproot Nazism, to defend the sovereignty and security of our citizens,” he insisted.
“The United States continues to lie,” he then denounced, regretting “Western threats” which create a “real risk of nuclear conflict”. “Everything that they are inventing now, what they are scaring the world with, all this constitutes a real threat of conflict with the use of nuclear weapons, which means the destruction of civilization,” he pointed out. And to add: “We have weapons that can strike their territory. They need to know that their actions can have these consequences. It’s like cartoons for them. »
“Without a sovereign and strong Russia, there will be no global balance,” continued V. Putin, welcoming the growth “irreversible” BRICS and the desire of the countries of the South to achieve a “true sovereignty”. A new world is emerging, according to the Russian leader. “Members of the armed forces will not back down, will not fail, will not betray,” he finally promised.
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