Putin, 71, announced Friday that he will run for president again, to pile another six years onto his two dozen in power. He could even run again in 2030. The vote is scheduled for March 15-17, with his victory all but assured. The vast majority of opposition figures are either imprisoned or have fled the country, almost all independent news outlets have been blocked, and any criticism has been muted by a slew of repressive laws adopted over the last decade.
what it wanted, a firm timetable for nato membership. on russian state tv there was a lot of gloating all day. having said that, about these g7 security assurances, they did not go down well in moscow. president putin s spokesman dmitry petrov said it would be a mistake and potentially very dangerous because he said it would infringe on russian security. he called nato and offensive alliance that brought with it instability and aggression. nato would say it is a defensive alliance and as far as aggression is concerned it was not nato that launched a full scale invasion of ukraine last year, it was russia. but the message from moscow is that nato is anti russia, nato is on the warpath, that was the headline here today. it fits in with the wider kremlin narrative according to which russia is a besieged fortress
we have already provided and are on track to provide is reaching 50% of ukraine s gdp and this is not the end of it. 750 billion will be required to rebuild ukraine if the war would ever stop, which there is no end to this war at least on the horizon and the pentagon has acknowledged that and so zelenskyy knows that he needs this help and therefore he was measured, he was passionate and didn t lecture, there were no videos that he usually throws out there showing horror movies, trying to invoke emotion in his audience, so he s talented. griff: didn t want to guilt americans. petrov says ep was supplies continues and expanding, which