During a marathon press conference, Putin addressed various topics, including the pardon of Hunter Biden, his wish to challenge the West to a 'high-tech duel' in Kyiv, and his plans to raise the case of missing American journalist Austin Tice with former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
, about missing American journalist Austin Tice in response to a question from NBC News' Keir Simmons. Assad has been living in Russia since he was ousted by a rebel army earlier this month. Putin also joked that he would like to challenge the West to a "high-tech duel" in Kyiv to test out the system's capabilities, in response to a question about Russia's new Oreshnik missile defense system.
Among other things, he's talked about micromanaging officials and his wish to meet more often with his friends, among whom he names former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and former French President Jacques Chirac.Putin told NBC News’ Keir Simmons that he would raise the case of missing journalist Austin Tice with former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Putin also commented on Israel’s military expansion into the Golan Heights in Syria following the collapse of the Assad regime. In September that year, Johnson told the British Parliament that “any such deal or compromise would send a signal around the world that violence does pay off ... and the great democracies will not have the stomach to stick up for freedom.”Moscow was “ready to engage in a dialogue without preconditions” with Ukraine, and that it would talk to Zelenskyy if he stands for elections and gains legitimacy,” he added.
Invoking the history of Russia-China relations, Putin spoke of how the two countries fought together during World War II."We were together back then and are together now,” he said.'s chemical, radiological and biological weapons unit, Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, “shows the nature of the Kyiv regime, which also kills people in the Kursk region,” Putin said.
“I have not seen President Assad when he arrived in Moscow,” he said. “But a person went missing 12 years ago, we understand what situation was there back then.”Russian forces are moving toward achieving their primary goals on the battlefield in Ukraine and were taking control of significant territory every day, Putin said.
He said Western experts and should challenge Russia “to conduct some kind of technological experiment, a high-tech duel of the 21st century. Let them identify a strike target, say in Kyiv, concentrate all their air defense and missile defense forces there, and we will strike there with the ‘Oreshnik’ and see what happens. We are ready for such an experiment.”
And as if to underscore that point, he mentions the military memorabilia given to him by troops who have been at the front. Two service members come up to the stage to hand him a banner from the soldiers of the 155th Marines Brigade of the Pacific Fleet and hold it aloft behind him. While he points to what he says is record low unemployment of 2.3% and growing wages, he concedes that"inflation however is a worrying sign."Putin takes the stage at 12:12 p.m. Moscow time. Jumping straight into questions, he talks about the Russian economy, telling his audience that"everything stands and falls with economy."
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