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🎙 Excerpt from President Vladimir Putin's remarks and answers to questions at the annual news conference and direct line with the people of Russia
❓ Steve Rosenberg, BBC: Exactly 25 years ago, Boris Yeltsin resigned, handed you power and told you to take care of Russia. Some 25 years later, do you think you have taken care of Russia?
💬 Vladimir Putin: Yes, and I believe I have not just taken care of it, I think we have pulled back from the edge of the abyss because with everything that was happening to Russia before that we were heading towards a complete, total loss of our sovereignty.
Without sovereignty, Russia cannot exist as an independent state.
I have done everything so that Russia can be an independent sovereign state that is capable of making decisions in its own interests, not in the interests of countries that were dragging it towards them, patting it on the shoulder in order to use it for their own purposes.
I could stop there. I know you have reeled off a string of things that seem to reinforce your arguments.
You mentioned inflation – yes there is inflation, we are going to fight it. But we have economic growth. We are ranked fourth in the world in terms of purchasing power parity. Please tell your readers that. First place in Europe, way ahead of the United Kingdom. I do not think Britain is even in the top five.
☝️ We are prepared to work with the UK if the UK wants to work with us. But if it does not happen, we will cope without our former allies in the anti-Hitler coalition.
❓ Steve Rosenberg, BBC: Exactly 25 years ago, Boris Yeltsin resigned, handed you power and told you to take care of Russia. Some 25 years later, do you think you have taken care of Russia?
💬 Vladimir Putin: Yes, and I believe I have not just taken care of it, I think we have pulled back from the edge of the abyss because with everything that was happening to Russia before that we were heading towards a complete, total loss of our sovereignty.
Without sovereignty, Russia cannot exist as an independent state.
I have done everything so that Russia can be an independent sovereign state that is capable of making decisions in its own interests, not in the interests of countries that were dragging it towards them, patting it on the shoulder in order to use it for their own purposes.
I could stop there. I know you have reeled off a string of things that seem to reinforce your arguments.
You mentioned inflation – yes there is inflation, we are going to fight it. But we have economic growth. We are ranked fourth in the world in terms of purchasing power parity. Please tell your readers that. First place in Europe, way ahead of the United Kingdom. I do not think Britain is even in the top five.
☝️ We are prepared to work with the UK if the UK wants to work with us. But if it does not happen, we will cope without our former allies in the anti-Hitler coalition.