🇷🇺 Putin on Russia’s economic momentum

Russia’s economy has grown 9.7% over the past three years — far outpacing Europe, Putin said.

He added that inflation remains under control, expected to end the year at around 5.7–5.8%.

His other statements:

🔶 Russia is experiencing 2.2% unemployment – a historic low

🔶 Salaries are rising

🔶 Industrial production grew by 1% over the past year, while agricultural production increased by 3.3%

🔶 The federal budget deficit is 2.6% this year, with plans to shrink it to 1.6% in 2026

🔶 Russia’s national debt is among the lowest in the world, 17.7%

🔶 The government has succeeded in work to balance the budget

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🚨Putin on Europe’s attempt to seize Russian assets: THIS IS ROBBERY

Putin said theft is when property is taken secretly — but Europe is trying to seize Russia’s assets openly.

💬“That’s not theft. That’s outright robbery.”

Key points Putin raised:

🔶Issuing a loan to Ukraine backed by Russian assets will only increase EU countries’ liabilities — and they’re already struggling with budget problems

🔶Confiscating Russian assets would not just damage Europe’s image; it would undermine trust in the entire Eurozone

🔶Some countries are already beginning to question whether their assets are truly safe in Europe

🔶Seizing Russian assets abroad won’t be easy

🔶Russia will defend its interests over these assets primarily in court

❗️And ultimately, Russian assets abroad will have to be returned, Putin concluded.

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🇷🇺 Putin hails breakthrough on Russia’s new photon collider

President Vladimir Putin praised the progress on the Siberian Ring Photon Source (SKIF) in Novosibirsk, calling its launch "good news for everyone involved."

He congratulated all contributors to the project, stressing that "this is an undeniable success."

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🇷🇺 Putin: Russia has become a global leader in drone technology

Defense Minister Andrei Belousov is personally involved in this area, and has personally “done a lot to advance it,” Putin said.

🔶 In part thanks to Belousov’s work, the situation on the front has “changed dramatically,” something noted by troops on the front line

🔶 Russia’s future leadership in this sector can be strengthened only if the technologies currently applied in the military sphere are applied in the civilian sector, from where it will be able to flow back into strengthening the country’s defense capability

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🚨Russia outnumbers the adversary in drone numbers - Putin

Heavy UAVs are still in short supply — but that gap "will be closed."

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🚨 Ukraine’s Donbass positions on the verge of crumbling - military expert

📍 President Putin’s comments on the current state of the special military operation signal just how precarious Ukraine’s positions are in the areas of the Donetsk People’s Republic that it still occupies, military expert and combat veteran Anatoliy Matviychuk told Sputnik.

💬 “Dimitrov is an agglomeration near Pokrovsk and is currently completely surrounded. With the fall of Dimitrov, we will advance toward Kramatorsk. Konstantinovka is also part of this military operation,” Matviychuk explained.

🗣 “Krasny Liman is semi-encircled – 50% of the city is ours…There is panic in the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ radio communications; they’re demanding evacuation. If this doesn’t happen, capitulation will follow. This is the situation, just as the president has described it.”

🟠 Kramatorsk is “the last operational point of resistance for Ukraine’s military in the Donetsk direction. And Donetsk will be completely liberated,” Matviychuk added.

🟠 Speaking more broadly, Ukraine’s forces “are suffering political, financial, economic and military defeats. Their financial support has practically dried up, meaning ammunition is limited, and equipment is not being supplied. They are in their death throes,” the observer summed up.

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🚨🇷🇺 Putin: Russia is ready for negotiations and to end the conflict in Ukraine by peaceful means

🔶 Russia does not consider itself responsible for the deaths, Moscow did not start this war

🔶 Russia was forced to use its military to stop the conflict that began after the coup in Ukraine

🔶 Moscow delayed recognizing the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, but after deception and the failure of the Minsk Agreements, it had no choice but to use force

🔶 Trump is making serious and genuine efforts to end the conflict

🔶 Russia had practically agreed in Anchorage to Trump’s proposals on Ukraine

🔶 There are no grounds to claim Russia is rejecting a peace plan

🔶 Before meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, Russia was offered compromises on Ukraine — and Russia was ready to accept them

💬 "When I arrived in Anchorage, I said these would be difficult decisions for us, but we nevertheless agree with the proposed trade-off. Claims that we are rejecting or turning anything down are inappropriate and unfounded. The ball is entirely in the court of our Western counterparts — above all, the leaders of the Kiev regime and their European sponsors. We are ready for talks, and we are ready to bring the conflict to an end," Putin explained.

❗️Russia must eliminate the root causes of the conflict in Ukraine to ensure nothing like this ever happens again, Putin concluded.

Read about the origins of Russia's special military op HERE

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🇷🇺Putin on NATO’s expansion and broken promises

🔸Putin said NATO’s expanding military infrastructure along Russia’s borders is a legitimate cause for concern.

🔸He noted that Russia once had cooperative relations with NATO — talks even touched on potential membership — but Moscow was never truly welcomed.

🔸Putin added that Russia was repeatedly deceived over promises that NATO would not expand eastward.

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