Key takeaways from Russian President Vladimir Putin in a documentary “Russia. Kremlin. Putin. 25 Years

From Ria Novosti

[Comment: This interview was much broader than what this set of key takeaways indicate. We will post it as soon as there is a translated and good copy available.]

❗️Key takeaways from Russian President Vladimir Putin in a documentary “Russia. Kremlin. Putin. 25 Years”:

🔹Russia had no need to use nuclear weapons during its military operation in Ukraine, and hopes that such a need will not arise in the future;

🔹Russia has sufficient forces and resources to bring the special military operation in Ukraine to its logical conclusion;

🔹Russia remains calm during the military operation despite attempts to provoke Moscow into making mistakes;

🔹Reconciliation with Ukraine is imminent, it is just a matter of time.;

🔹The West failed to respond appropriately to Moscow’s warnings at the 2007 Munich Conference, leading to tragic events in Ukraine;

🔹Russia signed the Minsk agreements in hope that they would be respected, but was deceived by Western countries, who took a pause to rearm Ukraine;

🔹Launching a military operation in 2014 in Ukraine was unrealistic as Russia was not prepared for a direct confrontation with the collective West at the time;

🔹Russia treated the agreements with the western countries with cautious trust until 2022;

🔹Russia had tried to communicate to the West that it had been supporting terrorists in the Chechen conflict, but the Western countries simply nodded their heads;

🔹If Russia does not adhere to its traditional values, it will lose its identity and cease to exist.;

🔹The future Russian president will be chosen by the Russian people, but several candidates who can gain the citizens’ trust need to emerge for that.