«There is no reason to use nuclear weapons. In Ukraine we will achieve victory, it is clear”

The Western world “wants to maintain a hegemonic role, which is escaping it”. Russian President Vladimir Putin said this at the opening of his speech at the plenary session of the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg. «The Russian military apparatus needs rapid technological renewal», he added, noting that Russia «remains one of the main players in world trade, despite all the obstacles and illegitimate sanctions», continued Putin. The Tsar he then said that he assumed that nuclear weapons would never be used. “I start from the assumption that the world will never get to this point,” she commented. Russia’s supply of missiles to the adversaries of Western countries is not imminent, Putin said, reserving however for Moscow the right to do so in response to Kiev’s bombing of Russian territory with weapons supplied by the West. «Some say that all wars end with an agreement which can be a military victory or a defeat. We want to achieve victory and we will achieve it, it is clear”, Putin said later speaking about the conflict.

Switzerland, exercise with F-18 fighters (landing on the highway). The last time was in 1991

The intervention

From the podium of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, Putin also anticipates the introduction of important measures to encourage companies to enter the Russian stock market. «Further steps are needed to stimulate the entry of companies onto the stock exchange», he has declared. Putin guaranteed that private investors are already actively investing in Moscow’s economy. «Cith its foreign partners, Russia will increase the use of national currencies for trade», the Tsar further specified adding that BRICS countries are working on creating an independent payments system that is not subjected to political pressure and external sanctions. Putin then argued that the share of Russian exports of non-hydrocarbon products will increase by two-thirds by 2030. “Supplies of high-tech finished products have increased,” he said. “We will actively support such non-oil and gas, non-energy exports, and by 2030 their volume is expected to increase by at least two-thirds compared to 2023,” he said further.