Putin speaks to the Russians: the economy, Ukraine and Iran in the program


For the thirteenth time, Putin spoke Thursday under the television River show "Hot Line": four hours of questions and answers between the Russian president, journalists and the public. Large file, the economy, on which the head of the Kremlin has sought to reassure citizens affected by the crisis, linked to oil prices. Asked about the impact of international sanctions, he said that "'iI do not expect a lifting of sanctions, because it is a purely political question. For some of our partners, this is a strategy to limit our development. And I think this is more directly related to the events in Ukraine ".


"Perhaps it will take less than two years to recover from the sanctions, as indicated by the rapid strengthening of the ruble," he does he added, saying that the economy had "passed the peak" difficulties.


"We must not support the sanctions, we must use the situation related to sanctions to find new levels of development, he continued. For example, replace imported products with local products. Maybe we would have not to do so without the sanctions, but now we have to do, I hope it will develop industries such as high technology. But it's true, this has an impact on inflation and the prices of products aliementaires, yes, we will have to bear the some time. "


In foreign policy, Putin reiterated that there was no Russian troops in Ukraine, and coming on the resumption of arms deliveries to Iran, announced earlier this week, it is justified thus:


"S-300 missiles, which are defensive weapons, not offensive, not on the sanctions list of the UN. We suspended their deliveries (in 2010) unilaterally, now that progress on the Iranian nuclear issue exists, and it is positive, we have no reason to continue - unilaterally, as I said - to keep this limitation. "


This year, the call record was broken, according to the producers of the show have said more than 3 million messages and requests were sent to the head of the Russian state.






No comments:

Post a Comment