🗣 "The state's true purpose is to help people", Vladimir Putin said.

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❗️Putin noted that during the first 9 months of 2023, investments in Russia jumped 26.6%, amid a planned growth rate of 15.1%. In light of this success, he emphasized the need to maintain this momentum and continue moving forward at an accelerated pace.

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Putin announced that at least 700 billion rubles ($7Bln) will be earmarked for funding the "Data Economy" national project over the next six years.

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❗️Ukraine lost a total of up to 1,300 soldiers, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.

🇷🇺🪖 Other statements from the Russian Defense Ministry briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪️In the Kupyansk area, the Russian Army improved its tactical position;

▪️In the Kherson area, Russian forces repelled an attack by Ukrainian troops and Ukrainian losses amounted to 25 soldiers;

▪️Near Donetsk, the Russian Army repelled four attacks by Ukrainian troops and Ukrainian losses amounted to 600 soldiers;

▪️Near Avdeyevka, Ukrainian losses amounted to 495 soldiers.

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Vladimir Putin announced the allocation of more than 100 billion rubles for the development of a satellite constellation for Internet access

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Vladimir Putin: We invite foreign logistics companies and states to use the opportunities of the Northern Sea Route - a global transport corridor. Last year, 36 million tons of cargo passed along the Northern Sea Route - this is already five times more than the record figure from the times of the Soviet Union.

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🇷🇺 Russia holds crucial importance for both today’s generation and future generations, so Russians now must ensure that their progeny inherits a strong country, Putin stressed.

What’s more, Russia’s independence, self-sufficiency and sovereignty must be reaffirmed every day, the president added.

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❗️The broadcast of Vladimir Putin's address to the Russian parliament has ended. Putin's state of the nation address today lasted 2 hours and 6 minutes, becoming the longest in history and breaking the previous record of 110 minutes in 2018.

Follow our Telegram channel to learn more about the main points of the Russian President's speech.

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Vladimir Putin on who is the real elite of Russia - those who serve Russia, not those who fill their pockets.

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Cold War plan to ‘unpack Russia' has 'failed’ – analyst

“The old Cold War plan to unpack Russia and force it to become a ‘space’ of nation-states has failed since Russian elites chose Vladimir Putin [as the country’s president] at the end of the 1990s,” Paolo Raffone, a strategic analyst and director of the CIPI Foundation in Brussels, tells Sputnik.

His comments come after Putin’s annual State Of The Nation address in Moscow on Thursday, in which he specifically stressed that “lasting world order is impossible without a sovereign and strong Russia” and that everything the West comes up is fraught with conflict with the use of nuclear weapons, which means destruction of civilization.

Raffone, for his part, notes that “Western misunderstanding of what is the renewed strength of Russia under Putin’s leadership is astonishing.” According to him, modern-day Russia “has nothing to do with the old USSR; Western attempts to launch a second phase of the Cold War is shortsighted and destined to fail.”

He said that the West’s current weakness “is represented by the failure of effectiveness of sanctions against Russia”.
Per Raffone, “The global transport infrastructure, trade and financial system is developing in spite of the West, pointing at an alternative to Western dominance in those areas.”

The analyst also berates Western leaders for being unable “for now to implement a new logic in the global security framework.”

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📹 Watch the FULL VIDEO of Russian President Vladimir Putin's address to parliament.

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Russian troops have gained a foothold in the fortifications of the village of Rabotino.

Russian motorized infantry guards continue active assault operations in the area of the Rabotino settlement. With the help of unmanned aircraft, the command corrects the actions of the compound's personnel in real time and carries out target designation to artillery crews.

The operation to storm the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of Rabotino is organized in cooperation with all types and branches of the Armed Forces: air and ground reconnaissance are working continuously, powerful artillery training is being conducted.

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Key points from Putin's speech:

Putin on the possibility of sending NATO troops to Ukraine: "The consequences of any intervention will be much more tragic."

Russia's strategic nuclear forces are in a state of full readiness. Work on new weapons in the country is continuing, we will hear of it soon.

About the special military operation:

▪️The vast majority of Russians support the special military operation

▪️The entire Russian economy showed flexibility and stability during the special operation

▪️Russia will end the war, eradicate Nazism and achieve all the goals of the special operation.

On the West's attempts to destroy the country from within:

▪️The West has underestimated the determination and steadfastness of Russia's multinational population. Today, Russia's sovereignty is being strengthened in various aspects, including internally.

▪️The West says that Russia will allegedly attack Europe. This is nonsense, as well as unfounded accusations that Russia will allegedly place nuclear weapons in space.

▪️The West is trying to drag Russia into an arms race; similar tricks were used against the USSR in the 1980s.

On multipolarity:

▪️ Without a sovereign, strong Russia, no stable world order is possible.

▪️ The share of the BRICS countries in the world economy on the basis of purchasing power parity will increase to 36.6%, while the share of the G7 countries will decrease to 27.8%, Putin noted.

▪️ According to Putin, Russia plans to create a new global financial framework based on cutting-edge technology. It will be free from political influence.

On the Russian economy:

▪️ Russia is on track to become one of the world's four largest economies in the near future.

▪️Last year, Russia's economy grew faster than the global average, outpacing G7 growth.

▪️ The Russian economy is becoming more and more sophisticated and technologically advanced, with less and less dependence on natural resources.

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