“The aim of the West is to lead Russia to a strategic defeat, they want to eliminate us forever. They don’t notice Russia’s existence is at stake” but we “We will achieve our goals”. Vladimir Putin addresses the Federal Assembly in Moscow for an hour and 45 minutes and takes stock of the war in Ukraine and the economic and social situation in Russia. “I am speaking at a very complex and crucial moment of radical changes that will determine the future of our country and people,” added the Russian president. And Putin also mentions Italy: “Russia knows how to be a friend and keep your word, as shown by our assistance to European countries like Italy at the most difficult moment of the Covid pandemicjust as we will help in the earthquake areas”.
Russia is “suspending” implementation of START, the latest nuclear arms reduction treaty still in force with the US, because it cannot allow American inspectors to visit Russian nuclear sites while Washington intends to inflict “a strategic defeat” on Moscow. said President Putin. “We are suspending the contract, but we are not terminating it,” Putin said. The Russian President has urged the Defense Ministry and Rosatom to prepare for nuclear weapons tests. “We will never use them first, but when the United States does, we have to be ready. No one should be under any illusions: strategic parity must not be broken,” Putin said.
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THE REACTIONS
The speech of the Russian President determines the US response. “No one is attacking Russia Absurdity in the idea that Russia is under any form of military threat by Ukraine or anyone else,” Jake Sullivan, the White House national security adviser, told reporters.
“A year after the invasion began We see no signs that Putin is preparing for peace. On the contrary, it is preparing for a new war, is providing more troops and has made contact with North Korea and Iran for arms NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during a press conference with EU High Representative Josep Borrell and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. “Nobody attacked Russia, they are the aggressors. Responsibility for the escalation of the war lies with Putin,” Stoltenberg added. “Putin is expanding his military capacities; he doesn’t want peace, he wants war. That is why we must increase our support for Ukraine. If Putin wins, everyone is in danger. Russia decided to invade Ukraine and Ukraine has the right to defend it and we have the right to support it. We will send more advanced weapons to Kiev, he said Stoltenberg They emphasize that they are discussing with the EU an increase in the production of military instruments and ammunition “also through joint procurement”.
THE MILITARY FORCE
“Russia’s nuclear deterrent is 90 percent equipped with advanced weapons: a level that should be extended to the entire army”, emphasizes é Putin. “It is impossible to defeat Russia on the battlefield” e “The more they use long-range systems, the more we need to keep the threat out of our bordersit is clear and natural. The West’s goal is to lead Russia to a strategic defeat, they want to eliminate us forever. They don’t realize that Russia’s very existence is at stake.”, the Russian leader continues. According to Putim, Russia wanted a peaceful solution in Ukraine to avoid military intervention, but the West is playing “the wrong cards” to deceive Moscow. “Russia is producing new technologies that “improve the combat readiness of the army and navy”. The US President said so in his State of the Union address. “These technologies exist, and the pace of their production and application is improving.”
UKRAINE
Ukraine “wanted to acquire nuclear weapons We had no doubt that in February they were preparing punitive operations in Donbass, where they had already carried out bombings, and this was contrary to the UN resolution. You started the war, we use violence to end the war. “Kiev not only wanted to attack Donbass, but also Crimea.” “The West has prepared Ukraine for a major war and recognizes this today. The West has already spent $150 billion on military aid to Ukraine, and the flow of money is not slowing down.” “Ukrainians are being held hostage by the Nazi regime in Kiev”. “We are not at war with the people of Ukraine”: said Putin. The head of the Kremlin accused Kiev and its western protectors are said to have “occupied the country politically, militarily and economically”.after claiming that the Kiev regime was “holding its people hostage”.
THE WEST
“In the 1930s, the West paved the way for Nazism in Germany and ‘now it’s doing the same in Ukraine’.” Russian President Vladimir Putin said this in front of the parliament. Putin accused the West of also supporting Nazi militias in Ukraine and why Westerners ‘care nothing and ready to use anyone’ against Russia. “Forgive them Lord, for they do not know what they are doing…”. That’s what Russian President Vladimir Putin said when he spoke of the spread of new gender theories in the West. “There are also priests who approve of same-sex marriages,” he added. “We have an obligation to protect our children and we will do it. We will protect our children from degradation and degeneration.”: Vladimir Putin said so in his speech to the Federal Assembly, denouncing the “spiritual catastrophe in the West” where “the destruction of the family, cultural and national identity, perversion and abuse of children, even to the point of pedophilia, are declared the norm of their lives, and priests are forced to bless same-sex marriages”.
THE ECONOMY
“The Russian economy has overcome all risks,” he said Among other things, it was emphasized that the decline in GDP in 2022 was 2.1% compared to the much worse forecasts of March 2022, after the start of the military operation in Ukraine. “We have everything to ensure the security and development of the country,” he added. “The strategic goal is to take our economy to new frontiers, it is a moment of challenges and opportunities, our lives depend on how we achieve them.” “We will expand economic cooperation with other countries and we will build new logistic corridors”. “Thanks to Russia’s good balance of payments, we don’t have to bend down and beg for money abroad“. The Russian Federation has allocated over a trillion rubles to support its economy to counteract (Western) sanctions: funds that will not be raised with (securities) issues, but with a strong contribution from the market,” explained the Russian President in conversation with Vladimir Putin Parliament, quoted by Tass The head of the Kremlin added Many sectors not only did not reduce their production last year, but actually increased itand that agriculture has also grown at a double-digit rate.” “Today I would like to say to these 4 regions” of Ukraine (ed.) “under our direct support that we are with you now, We will do everything we can to ensure peace, social and economic recovery return to our areas to resume business and work and we will build modern roads like in Crimea”. “Whoever took the funds overseas, was looted, robbed, lost everything, they were certainly legally held resources. I will add a simple detail: none of the country’s ordinary citizens feel sorry for those who lost their capital abroad, those who bought yachts and whose funds are now blocked,” Putin said, adding that “they for the west are second-class citizens”. “But there is a second choice: to work for your country, and there are many entrepreneurs and this is where the future of business lies.”Instead of producing technology and creating jobs in Russia, big businessmen invested in yachts abroad.”. A scathing attack on the oligarchs who have enriched themselves since the privatization season of the 1990s, when state-owned companies were sold for “almost nothing”. Referring to the confiscations of yachts and other assets owned by Russian oligarchs abroad, Putin added: “None of the ordinary citizens feel sorry for those who have lost their capital, yachts and villas abroad“. “Don’t ask (the West) to get your money back – Putin insisted – don’t invest abroad, invest in Russia. The state and society will support you in this.”
THE INNER FRONT
“The absolute majority of Russians have expressed their support for the special military operation.he said, emphasizing that “the Sea of Azov has again become an inland sea of Russia”. The West has not only unleashed military and cyber warfare and achieved nothing and will achieve nothing. Then he imposed sanctions on us that caused price increases and job losses, they are victims of their own decisions and the citizens know it“. “The September elections and the 2024 presidential election will be held within the law“. “In the defense of Russia, we must coordinate all our forces and rights to uphold the supreme and historical right: Russia has the right to be strong“.”Russia was handed down to us by our ancestors and we must preserve it and pass it on to future generations. There is an enormous responsibility on each of us to defend our country and eliminate the threat of the neo-Nazi regime. “The anti-Russian sanctions are only a means, while the goal, as the Western leaders themselves explain, I quote directly, is ‘to make our citizens suffer'”. “That’s what ‘humanists’ they are,” Putin continued. “They want to make people suffer in order to destabilize our society from within. But their calculations have not paid off.” “Russia will respond to any challenge. Because we are all one country. We are one big, united people. We are confident.” in our power. The truth is with us. Thank you.” This is how Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded his speech to the Federal Assembly after about 1 hour and 45 minutes.
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The White House denounces the “absurdity” of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speech against the West. (HAND)