Putin says that Russia’s economy is showing signs of stabilization despite plummeting… “It’s not our job to judge his qualities, that’s a job for American voters, but he’s the absolute leader in the presidential race”, Putin said, according to a translation from Buzzfeed.
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“The government, of course, is preparing scenarios for any development of the situation”, Putin said at his annual press conference in Moscow.
Putin said at Thursday’s news conference that Russia chose to suspend air travel with Egypt because its agencies aren’t immediately capable of guaranteeing safety of Russian citizens.
Putin had said earlier he was ready to work with the eventual victor in the presidential race.
Putin added that Kerry’s visit has shown that “the American side is ready to move toward joint settlement of the issues that can only be tackled jointly”.
Russian President Vladimir Putin offered his endorsement of Republican front-runner Donald Trump, calling the real estate mogul a “really brilliant and talented person”. “I think we probably work together much more so than right now”.
“We support their efforts in fighting ISIL with Russian air strikes”, he said.
The latest news from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s end of year news conference.
Putin said Russian Federation supported the US-backed draft resolution aimed at ramping up sanctions against the ISIS group and cutting off its revenue flows. “They just live their own lives”. “They say the prosecutor there threatens to put you in jail if a foreign monitor approaches the voting queue closer than five metres (yards) away”.
“Turkey had constantly violated Syria’s airspace, but let them try to fly over there now”, he added menacingly.
Putin said that had the downing of the plane been an accident, Turkish leaders should have tried to “pick up the phone and explain themselves”.
“Russia will do all it can to resolve the situation in Syria”, even with the tensions with neighboring Turkey, Putin told reporters Thursday. Putin said that Blatter, who stepped down amid allegations of massive financial misconduct under his administration, deserved a Nobel Peace Prize for his “colossal” humanitarian contribution.
The market is mostly sells diesel fuel brought from areas under the control of the Islamic State group.
But Putin said he would never agree to outsiders determining Syria’s political future. The Russian leader has always been admired by conservatives who say his resolute demeanour and toughness are qualities lacking in the current White House occupant. SALTY LANGUAGE Answering a question about Ukraine – with which relations remained strained over a smouldering conflict in eastern Ukraine and Crimea – Putin appeared to confirm the presence of Russian Special Forces in east Ukraine for the first time.
Rami Abdurrahman, who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said the airstrikes killed and wounded at least 35 people.
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Referring to the operational capability of the Russian troops, he stressed that it is possible to withdraw them within 48 hours, and stressed that in two days the Antonov-22 (An-22) cargo aircraft took to Syria the feeding and rest modules.
