🇷🇺⚡Putin : I want to thank all the people of Russia for their courage and determination, to say thank you to our heroes - soldiers and officers of the army and navy, employees of the National Guard, special services, patriots, volunteers.

🇷🇺⚡Putin : special words to the residents of the DPR and LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. You yourself have determined your future, made a firm choice.

🇷🇺⚡Putin : our duty is to support families who have lost relatives, loved ones. Help them raise their children, raise them, educate them. The family of each member of the SMO should be surrounded by care and honor.

🇷🇺⚡Putin : I propose to create a special state fund for targeted, personal assistance to the families of the dead soldiers and veterans of the SMO

🇷🇺⚡Putin : today both military personnel, and mobilized, and volunteers endure the hardships of the front together. Not all issues of supply and monetary allowance have been resolved.

🇷🇺⚡Putin : for all participants of the SMO, incl. volunteer, you need to establish a regular vacation of at least 14 days at least once every six months, excluding travel time.

🇷🇺⚡Putin : officers and sergeants who have shown themselves to be competent, modern and decisive commanders will be promoted to higher positions on a priority basis, sent to academies.

🇷🇺⚡Putin : the task is to launch mass production of the latest weapons. This work is underway, its pace is increasing.

❗🇷🇺 The West has deployed not only a military, informational, but also an economic front. Nothing has been achieved and never will be.

The initiators of the sanctions provoked price increases, job losses, business closures, and an energy crisis in their own countries - Putin

🇷🇺⚡Putin : The West tried to collapse the ruble, provoke inflation, steal reserves, break production chains. The goal of the West is to make our citizens suffer and destabilize society from within. The calculation was not justified.

🇷🇺⚡Putin : the share of the Russian ruble in international settlements doubled compared to December 2021 and amounted to 1/3, and with the currencies of friendly countries - more than half.

❗🇷🇺 The West has stolen our gold and forex reserves - Putin

🇷🇺⚡Putin : defense is the highest priority, but we must not destroy our own economy. We have everything to ensure security and create conditions for the sustainable development of the country.

❗️Russia’s Economy Is Withstanding Western Sanctions — Putin

More statements from the Russian president during his Tuesday speech to the nation:

▪Those who sanctioned Russia punish themselves; they provoked a rise in prices in their countries, and they say that we are to blame

▪The West is stealing Russian assets

▪The Russian economy is much stronger than the West assumed when imposing sanctions

▪We ensured the stability of the economic situation and prevented a shortage of goods

▪GDP decreased by 2.1% in 2022, according to the latest data - in March last year, it was predicted the Russian economy would collapse

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🇷🇺⚡Putin : changes in the structure of the economy are a vital necessity. We know what is necessary for the sovereign and confident development of Russia.

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“It’s great to live in America because just for the half of month they had aliens, Chinese ballon, Russia is going note Ukraine in the ass and we’re going to waste all of our taxpayers’ money.”

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