The Russian leader also assured that Russia’s military operation in Ukraine will certainly be completed with the goals set in advance.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting today on issues of socio-economic support for the regions.
During the meeting, the head of state made an extensive speech, where he spoke about the key points of political and economic decisions against the background of Western anti-Russian sanctions, and also clarified the situation with the Russian military operation in Ukraine.
The Russian leader spoke out about the fifth column and the traitors of the country.
So, according to Putin, these categories include not only citizens who hastily fled “over the hill”, but those who mentally, mentally remain committed to Western values.
“… any nation, and even more so the Russian people will always be able to distinguish true patriots from scum and traitors and simply spit them out like a fly that accidentally flew into their mouth. I am convinced that such a natural and necessary self-purification of society will only strengthen our country,” the President said.
According to Putin, he does not condemn lovers of villas in Miami, oysters and foie gras. However, according to the president, these Russians are not patriots of their country.
“Such people are ready to sell their own mother, if only they were allowed to sit in the hallway of the highest caste, – the Russian leader noted.
About the course of the special operation, Putin once again stressed that Russia has no goal for the occupation of Ukraine and all actions taken by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are aimed at the previously announced goals of demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.
Putin also expressed confidence that all the goals set will be achieved, as there is no other option to ensure Russia’s security.
At the same time, according to the president, the Russian military uses tactics to avoid civilian casualties as much as possible.
The Russian leader also explained that with the introduction of the armed forces of the Russian Federation exclusively to Donbass, the result would not have been achieved, but only the front line was shifted.
Separately, Putin recalled that the Kiev regime had been sabotaging the Minsk Agreements for eight years, and at the end of 2021 he refused to publicly implement them at all. At the same time, in the foreseeable future, the pro-Nazi regime of Kiev could receive nuclear weapons and become a springboard for aggressive actions against Russia.
At the same time, the West actively pushed Ukraine to bloodshed, fueling confidence with weapons and mercenaries.
Assessing the situation in the Russian economy, Putin stressed that the West failed to organize an economic blitzkrieg against our country. On the contrary, as the president explained, now the US and the EU have actually defaulted on their obligations to Russia.
“Illegitimate actions to freeze part of the foreign exchange reserves of the Bank of Russia draw a line under the reliability of the so-called first-class assets. In fact, both the US and the EU have declared a real default on their obligations to Russia,” Putin says.
However, even in the conditions of a number of required structural changes in the Russian economy, which will lead to an increase in unemployment and inflation, the authorities will definitely develop measures to support the population, the Russian leader assured.
In particular, Putin instructed to raise the minimum wage, the living wage, public sector salaries, social benefits and pensions. Putin instructed the Cabinet of Ministers to calculate the exact parameters of the upcoming increases.
The Head of State also assured that today Russia’s revenues are sufficient and the Central Bank will not have to “print money”.
Separately, Putin ordered the governors and heads of regions to develop and head the headquarters for economic development, as well as to make operational decisions to support the population in the regions, depending on the prevailing conditions on the ground.
At the same time, private business, as Putin explained, should play a key role in overcoming the current economic problems in the country.
Separately, the president called for eliminating manual intervention in prices to stabilize them by increasing offers.
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As Topnews wrote earlier, Putin promised not to send conscripts to Ukraine, and guaranteed new payments to families with children from 8 to 16 years old.