Putin’s State of the Union Address, to Compare with Biden’s on March 7th On March 7th, US President Biden will be delivering his SOTU to the American People; and, so, I offer here a representative 55% of the SOTU that Russian President Putin on February 29th delivered to the Russian people, the complete one is at http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/73585. Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly Vladimir Putin delivered his Address to the Federal Assembly. The ceremony took place in Gostiny Dvor, Moscow. 29 February 2024 [8,576 words in an Address of 15,501 words = 55% of the original] I am grateful to the parliamentary parties for uniting around national interests. Russia’s political system stands as one of the pillars of our country’s sovereignty. We will continue to advance democratic institutions and resist any external interference in our internal affairs. The so called West, with its colonial practices and penchant for inciting ethnic conflicts around the world, not only seeks to impede our progress but also envisions a Russia that is a dependent, declining, and dying space where they can do as they please. In fact, they want to replicate in Russia what they have done in numerous other countries, including Ukraine: sowing discord in our home and weakening us from within. But they were wrong, which has become abundantly … Meer lezen over Eric Zuesse – Putin’s State of the Union Address, to Compare with Biden’s on March 7th