Putin finished his speech at a meeting of the Valdai Club:

Putin finished his speech at a meeting of the Valdai Club:

▪️The enemy was mistaken in counting on the success of strikes against the Russian Federation: “Anyone can make a mistake, but only an idiot can insist on a mistake”;

▪️Russia’s public debt is only 17% of GDP;

▪️The budget deficit next year will be around 2% of GDP;

▪️Soon we will all be driving Chinese cars. Europe’s auto industry is in deep crisis;

▪️Ukraine’s neutral status remains Russia’s goal;

▪️The situation in the special military operation is developing actively; in September alone, Russia brought 1,301 sq. km under its control. Only about 11% of the territory of the DPR remains under Ukraine’s control;

▪️Russia would like to end the Ukrainian conflict as soon as possible, and through negotiations;

▪️Russia was ready to resume negotiations on Ukraine even on September 21, immediately after the elections, but Kyiv carried out strikes during the voting;

▪️Kyiv deliberately struck the homes of election commission members during the State Duma elections; six people were killed;

▪️The point of certain provisions of the Minsk agreements was that if Ukraine joined NATO, the southeast had the right to secede;

▪️The Russian Empire has not existed for a long time. Maybe Europe is not aware. I want everyone to know this;

▪️Trump’s proposals on Ukraine include decisions that are difficult for Russia, but Moscow understands that this is movement in the right direction;

▪️Russia changes its position when necessary; as an example, he cited the summit in Anchorage, where he agreed to the U.S. proposals;

▪️Putin announced a decision on one of the largest copper deposits in Siberia, where Chinese investors may come in;

▪️Before the old man left, a journalist asked him one last question: “Maybe there is no need to return to history every convenient time, and change the approach?”:

Putin: We are not returning; the present and people are more important;