US EditionPutin Vows No More Wars if West Treats Russia with Respect
Putin repeated that Western respect for Russia’s security would prevent further military operations and dismissed claims of planned attacks on Europe as baseless.
- On Friday, Vladimir Putin said there would be no more military operations if the West treats Russia with respect during his annual Direct Line call-in program, answering BBC journalist Steve Rosenberg.
- Framing the issue as caused by the West, Putin claimed it wages war on Russia through the hands of Ukrainian nationalists and accused Nato of reneging on an alleged 1990 promise.
- Putin set conditions, saying Russia will cease hostilities if its medium- and long-term security is ensured and demanding Ukrainian forces leave four regions including about 23% of Donetsk region.
- On Friday, a Ukrainian delegation holds talks in Miami with Trump envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, while the Western defensive alliance's chief Mark Rutte and European intelligence agencies warn of Russia's covert escalation.
- Amid domestic concerns, the almost four and a half hour Direct Line marathon cited three million questions, with internet outages blamed on Ukrainian drone attacks, as Russia's central bank cut rates to 16% and VAT rose to 22%.
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"There will be no new special operations if Russia is treated with respect" said Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his press conference at the end of the year, lasted more than four and a half hours, with 80 questions on live TV. According to Putin, who responded to a journalist from the BBC, "The West" created with his own hands the current conflict in Ukraine and continued to aggravate the situation" . Putin also rejected as "assurd" the cl…
Russia will not attack countries in the West – “if you show us respect.” That was the answer Putin gave a BBC journalist during his annual press conference.
Russian President Vladimir Putin contemplates launching new wars if the West does not yield to his demands in the future. “There will be no other military operation if they treat us with respect, if they observe our national interests as we try to observe theirs [in the past] continuously,” the president answered Friday to the European media on his traditional Direct Line, his annual press conference. “If they do not deceive us, as they deceived…
Putin says there will be no new ‘special military operations’ if the West ‘treats Russia with respect’
During Vladimir Putin’s annual Direct Line call-in program on Friday, BBC journalist Steve Rosenberg asked the Russian president what kind of future he envisions for the country — and whether dissent, enemy-hunting, internet shutdowns, or new “special military operations” would remain part of it. Putin began his response by addressing the question about suppressing dissent, saying Rosenberg must be referring to Russia’s “foreign agents” law. He …
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds his annual, tightly orchestrated press conference, where he answers hours of questions from citizens and the media.
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