Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has said he expects Western support for Ukraine to end.
Vladimir Putin broadcast his propaganda cliches for three whole hours at a meeting of the Valdai discussion club. Putin gave a speech in which he traditionally criticized the West and its influence in the world.
Support for Ukraine
Putin continues to wait for the West to stop supporting Ukraine. When asked about the West’s support for Kyiv, he replied: “We are waiting for the manifestation of at least some germs of common sense.”
According to Putin, there has been a “barrier” in the United States with support for Ukraine due to budget problems, but he is confident that money will eventually be found and “they will print more.”
And Europe, according to the dictator, helps Ukraine only at the expense of “further deterioration of the state of the economy and the situation of its citizens.”
Putin claims that the Ukrainian economy cannot exist without external support. “Everything there is generally balanced on the outside. But at what cost? Because of the monthly multi-billion dollar injection. Once you stop it, it will all be over within a week. The same with the defense system. Think, it will stop supplies tomorrow – you will only have a week to live when the ammunition runs out. Yes, they are running out in the West too,” said the dictator.
About the death of Prigozhin
Putin said that grenade fragments were found in the bodies of the founder of Wagner PMC, Evgeny Prigozhin, and other passengers of the plane that crashed in the Tver region, and had no external impact on the plane.
According to Putin, the head of the investigative committee informed him about this based on the results of the analysis.
“The question probably hangs in the air: what happened to the leadership of the private military company. The head of the Investigative Committee reported to me the other day that hand grenade fragments were found on the bodies of the dead in the crash of the plane. There was no external impact on the aircraft. This is an established fact – the results of an examination conducted by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. Unfortunately, no examination was conducted for the presence of alcohol or drugs in the blood of the victims, although we know that after the well-known events in the company in St. Petersburg, the FSB discovered not only 10 billion in cash, but also five kilograms of cocaine. In my opinion, such an analysis should that was carried out, but it was not fulfilled,” Putin said.
About the Russian army and economy
“We have increased defense spending, but not just defense, but defense and security. They roughly doubled – it was about three percent, and now it’s about six. To say that we spend a lot of money on guns and forget about oil is not true. I want to emphasize that all previously announced development plans, achievement of strategic goals and all social obligations assumed by the state to the population have been fully implemented,” Putin said.
About nuclear war
Putin said that a nuclear strike on Russia is completely unacceptable for anyone, because they have no chance to survive.
The dictator recalled that the Russian military doctrine has two reasons for the possible use of nuclear weapons: “a strike against us, a threat to the existence of Russia.”
Putin does not see the need to lower the threshold for the application of the doctrine: “it is not necessary, but why.” At the same time, today the Russian president does not see a situation where something threatens the existence of the Russian Federation.
Source: korrespondent
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