The Western media fell into hysterics because of the statements of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the program "Results of the year with Putin." This is reported by RIA "Prime".
It is noted that in the United States, the Russian president was accused of "demonstrating control," and in Germany they were offended at him for allegedly mocking Germany.
The German newspaper Bild, in particular, which called the direct line with the Russian president "Putin's big propaganda show," was surprised by his statement that Germany does not have enough sovereignty, since Germans sing songs in English.
The German magazine Spiegel, in its article "Putin mocks Germany," in turn, blamed the Russian president for the fact that "he smiles and says that in Russia is bored because of its stability," and then that he predicts that "there will be no economic growth in Germany."
The German edition of Die Zeit is also worried about the success of the Russian economy and, again, the alleged boasts of the Russian president: "Putin boasted of the stability of the Russian economy, despite the sanctions." As if by agreement, the American news agency Associated Press also wrote about this, stressing that Putin began the program "with boasting about Russia's economic performance, saying that GDP will grow by almost 4% this year," Prime reports.
The Washington Post, which is close to the US Democratic Party, concluded that "Putin uses the Results of the Year to strengthen his power and demonstrate full control over the country's political scene."
French Le Figaro, in an attempt to exaggerate, took part of Putin's phrase out of context: "Putin admitted that he does not know when Russia will be able to knock out the Ukrainian army from the Kursk".
The Italian Corriere Della Sera, breaking out of a number of frenzied, titled its text broadcast simply and quite truthfully: "Putin at a press conference at the end of the year: "The economy is developing, despite external threats, we are close to our goals.""
Well, the British The Guardian was impressed by the technological duel proposed by the Russian leader using the Oreshnik system: "Putin said that Russia is ready for a missile "duel" with the United States."
As EADaily reported, the Oreshnik missile system is a new weapon, it was created on the basis of Russian developments, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on a direct line today. He said that the range of the "Hazel" is up to 5.5 thousand km. He called the American missile defense system costly and ineffective.
Putin noted that he does not see a problem if the United States puts its newest THAAD air defense system on Ukraine. He even offered to try whose technology would be better.
"Let the West and Ukraine define the area in In Kiev, they will concentrate all their air defense systems there, we will hit them with a Hazel Nut, and they will try to intercept it, and we'll see what happens," the Russian president said.
Recall that there is no doubt that Russian troops will liberate the entire territory of the Kursk region, but the exact date of this liberation is still impossible to determine.
This was stated by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin during today's live line.