Russia will win in Ukraine and will do so without needing to use nuclear weapons. Vladimir Putin has few doubts: his strategic plan is clear and he reels it off without problems in front of the applauding audience of the Spief, the International Economic Forum of St. Petersburg, his hometown.
ANSA Agency Biden compares Putin to Hitler, ‘we must do as in Normandy’ – News – Ansa.it The US leader: ‘This is what the soldiers who died here would have wanted’ (ANSA)An hour-long speech to outline the new Russian economic model made up of new alliances and new projects while, says the Tsar, the Western world “is now escaping its hegemonic role”. Then questions and answers with the moderator Sergey Karaganov, not exactly a dove, who repeatedly urges Putin on the possible use of nuclear weapons. After the discussions on the economy, we inevitably return to Ukraine, on the day when tensions between Paris and Moscow rise again, with Russia accusing France of being ready to go to war.
ANSA Agency Moscow attacks Paris: ‘It is ready to go to war’ – News – Ansa.it Tajani: ‘Avoid escalation’. A Frenchman in prison in Russia (ANSA)“We don’t need nuclear weapons to achieve final victory in Ukraine”, says Putin who admits that a possible use of nuclear weapons would facilitate victory. “Speed is important but the health of our soldiers is also important.” The tsar has no doubts about the final outcome of the conflict. He recalls the saying that all conflicts end with an agreement, which can be a military victory or defeat. “We want to achieve victory and we will achieve it, it’s clear”, he says with a theatrical pause that easily garners the room’s applause.
ANSA Agency Putin’s long-term strategy – News – Ansa.it Missiles, war economy and alliances with the global south (ANSA)On the missile challenge with the West, Putin reveals that Russia’s supply of these weapons to adversaries of Western countries is not imminent. And this is a new and important detail. “It won’t be tomorrow,” he says, reserving however for Moscow the right to do so in response to Kiev’s bombing of Russian territory with weapons supplied by the West. For the rest he reiterates already known positions. On negotiations which, frankly, appear impracticable at the moment, the Tsar once again refers to the old dialogues of Minsk and Istanbul. It just doesn’t seem like the right climate is there and, in any case, those negotiations never got very far. He recalls the Russian nuclear doctrine by saying that the use of such weapons is possible only in exceptional cases, which have not yet occurred. We are talking about the violation of Russian sovereignty and territorial integrity. “I start from the assumption that the world will never reach this point”, he says, issuing a warning to NATO: “Admitting Ukraine to the Atlantic Alliance at this time would not be wise, it would entail the application of the article on collective defense “. As if to say: be careful what you do, think about the consequences. The Tsar also tries to reassure his public opinion by explaining that there is no need for a new military mobilization in Russia. And Putin wants to send something similar to another reassurance by explaining the new path of the Russian economy. In fact, Moscow is trying to build a new model that ensures its sustainability after Western sanctions. He says that the Chinese economy represents the best reference model and reiterates his opinion on the mistakes made by Westerners. In detail, with its foreign partners Russia will increase the use of national currencies for trade, adding that the Brics countries are working on the creation of an independent payments system that is not subjected to political pressure and external sanctions. The share of exports of Russian products other than hydrocarbons will increase by two-thirds by 2030. And as of 2021, the use of the ruble in Russia’s international transactions has increased sharply, reaching almost 40%, while the use of “toxic” emissions from “hostile countries” has halved. This is the Russia of the future according to Putin. A Russia increasingly distant from the West.
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