Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday gave his annual news conference.
ON POSSIBLE CONFLICT WITH UKRAINE"This is not our choice, we do not want this."
"We have to think about ensuring our security prospects not just for today and next week but for the near future." "We just directly posed the question that there should be no further NATO movement to the east, the ball is in their court, they should answer us with something. In this regard, I would like to stress that on the whole we have seen a positive reaction so far, our American partners tell us that they are ready to start this discussion.
"The course of negotiations is not important to us, the result is important... 'Not one inch to the East,' they told us in the 90s. So what? They cheated, just brazenly tricked us! Five waves of NATO expansion and now already, please, the systems are appearing in Romania and Poland.""The future of Donbass should be determined by the people who live in Donbass... It cannot be any other way.
"They turned this route into reverse from Germany to Poland... Why? Because we supply gas to Germany under long-term contracts and the price is three to four, six to seven times cheaper than on spot. Just reselling 1 billion cubic metres one can earn $1 billion.""We do not forbid the work of these organisations. We want organisations engaging in Russia's domestic political activity to clearly and concisely declare the sources of foreign funding for their work.
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