Published December 16,2023
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday promised “harsh” punishment for overseas interference in subsequent 12 months’s election, the place he’ll search to increase his decades-long grip on energy into the 2030s.
“Any interference in Russia‘s internal affairs will be punished, and punished harshly, according to Russian laws,” Putin mentioned throughout a gathering with social gathering leaders within the Duma, parliament’s decrease home.
“We are defending the freedom of our people, their sovereignty, their right to choose their future. It’s the people and only the people of Russia who are the source of power in our country.”
After struggling Western sanctions and setbacks on the battlefield in Ukraine final 12 months, Putin reaches the top of 2023 showing newly buoyant.
A much-touted Ukrainian counter-offensive has failed to interrupt Russian traces, the financial system is recovering, and Western assist for Kyiv appears to be faltering, with new help packages being held up within the US Congress and the European Union.
Putin added that the variety of Ukrainian troopers captured as prisoners has “sharply increased” not too long ago.
Last week, he introduced he would run for a fifth presidential time period within the March 2024 election, with little doubt surrounding his victory after nearly 25 years in energy and with the opposition just about non-existent.
Most main Russian opposition figures have been jailed, notably anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny, or exiled.
Source: www.anews.com.tr