🇷🇺🇪🇷 President Vladimir Putin had a meeting with President of the State of Eritrea Isaias Afwerki at the Kremlin.

💬 President #Putin: This is your first official visit to our country. Mr President, Eritrea has recently marked 30 years of its independence. This was when our two countries established diplomatic relations too.

Of course, trade and economic relations deserve our primary attention. I would like to note that we have a lot of potential in many areas.

🤝 We have also expanded our political ties. Earlier this year, you received our foreign minister [Sergei Lavrov]. I would like to thank you for that. We work together within the United Nations, and have been quite effective in promoting our humanitarian ties. Several dozen students from Eritrea completed their studies in the Russian Federation, and the process carries on.

This year Russia will be hosting the second Russia-Africa Summit. Mr President, you are among those invited to attend it. I do hope that you will have the opportunity to do that. We are delighted to have you here, Mr President, with your delegation, and I am certain that our talks today will be a success and help the Russian Federation and Eritrea step up their relations.

🗣President of Russia Vladimir Putin: As for the Palestinian statehood, <…> we have always advocated the creation of a Palestinian state that would be independent, sovereign and with a capital in East Jerusalem. We have been talking about this for a long time, the international community has been talking about for a long time, since 1948, in fact, when the objective to create two independent sovereign states was put forward. I do not know whether today’s crisis can help deliver on this task. If this were the case, it would be a step in the right direction since it would create conditions for achieving lasting peace down the road.

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🇷🇺 President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the plenary session of the Artificial Intelligence Journey (AI Journey) 2023 international conference on AI and machine learning titled The Generative AI Revolution: New Opportunities:

💬 We will continue to strive for Russia to become one of the world’s most conducive jurisdictions for the development of artificial intelligence and bold exploration of the technological solutions that everyone needs.

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🎙President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the plenary session of the World Russian People’s Council (Moscow, November 28, 2023):

💬 We are now fighting not just for Russia's freedom but for the freedom of the whole world.

☝️ We can frankly say that the dictatorship of one hegemon is becoming decrepit. We see it, and everyone sees it now.

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🎙 President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the 25th World Russian People's Council
(Moscow, 28 November 2023):

💬 Large families must become the norm, a way of life for all Russia’s peoples.

☝️ The family is not just the foundation of the state and society; it is also a spiritual phenomenon, a source of morality.

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🎙President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the meeting with heroes of the special military operation in Ukraine:

📍Moscow, December 8, 2023

💬 "I had all kinds of thoughts on this matter at different times.

However, the time to decide has come. I will run for President of the Russian Federation."

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🎙 President #Putin: When our troops stood near Kiev, our Western partners told us: it is impossible to sign documents when the other side puts a gun to your temple.

❓“What should be done?” we asked. “It is necessary to withdraw troops from Kiev.” We did this. On the following day, they threw all our agreements into the dustbin and said: “Now we will fight to the end.” Their Western curators occupied the position that is now known to the whole world – to defeat Russia on the battlefield, to inflict a strategic defeat on it.

☝️ It wasn’t us who behaved in this way. These were our partners. Ukrainian officials confirmed this, in particular, the head of the Ukrainian delegation at the talks in Minsk and later in Istanbul, said this. The then Prime Minister [of Great Britain] Mr Johnson came to Kiev and advised Ukraine to continue hostilities. Mr Arakhamia, the head of the Ukrainian delegation, who now leads the ruling parliamentary party in Ukrainian parliament, said that otherwise all hostilities would have been ended a year and a half ago. He said this in public, I believe, at his meeting with journalists. Nobody actually had doubts about this.

❗️ So, let’s sum it up – we were cheated again. Now we need to understand whom and how we should deal with, whom we should trust and to what extent.

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⚡️⚡️President #Putin on the prospects for resuming peace talks with Ukraine: Russia has never turned these negotiations down. Moreover, we started these talks in Belarus at some point and then moved them to Istanbul, Turkiye, at the request of the Ukrainian side. We drafted an agreement. Moreover, the head of the negotiating group from Ukraine initialed an extract from the potential agreement, meaning that the Ukrainian side was overall satisfied with it, as was the Russian Side.

☝️ After the former British Prime Minister arrived in Kiev, the Ukrainian side tossed out these agreements and stopped acting on them. Moreover, they said the talks were over. They said so publicly, we were not the ones to terminate these talks. They did it and made it illegal for themselves to continue these talks. We did not forbid anyone to negotiate, since we are in favour of negotiations.

💬 The discussions about the need to resume talks are back. Let them be back, but they should return not because one country wants them to return, but they must return on the basis of the principled agreements that had been reached during the difficult talks in Belarus and Turkiye, and on the basis of today’s realities on the ground. We are ready for this.

❗️ We realise that the current head of state [Zelensky] is no longer legitimate. I think one of the goals of the conference to be held in Switzerland is precisely to have the Western community and sponsors of the Kiev regime confirm the legitimacy of the current head of state, or no longer the current head of state.

‼️ We, of course, must understand with whom we need and can deal with a view to signing legally binding documents. In this case, we must be absolutely sure that we are dealing with the legitimate authorities.

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Vladimir #Putin on International Children’s Day:

💬 This holiday is filled with warmth, joy and sincere emotions, and is widely celebrated in our country, where good traditions of continuity between generations and true family values are honoured and treasured.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 What can be more important for any child than a close-knit and friendly family, loving parents, relatives, and care taken by their teachers, educators, and mentors who are ready to offer advice, help, and support, including in a difficult situation in life if that happens.
I would like to wish all children happiness and joy.

🌟 May your friends always be loyal and reliable. My friends, go for it, follow your dreams, aspire to and reach new heights of knowledge, and you will succeed.

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💬 President #Putin: Russia and the Republic of South Africa closely coordinate their efforts on the international stage to establish a fair multipolar world order.

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The third and final day of the XVI BRICS Summit, which includes plenary sessions in the outreach/BRICS Plus format, kicked off in Kazan

💬 President #Putin: “This extended format, which has built up a good track record, provides an opportunity for a direct and open dialogue between members of the group and our sincere friends.”

☝️The meeting in Kazan will be attended by delegates from nearly 40 countries, including leaders of a number of CIS, Asian, African, Middle East, and Latin American countries, as well as heads of international organizations.

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