Party Congress - Putin: "Don't give up sovereignty for sausage"
Kremlin leader President Vladimir Putin has reaffirmed Russia's sovereignty at a congress of his United Russia party. "Russia cannot, like some other countries, give up its sovereignty for a sausage and become someone's satellite," he said on Sunday, according to the state agency Tass. He was referring, among other things, to neighboring Ukraine, which is moving closer to EU membership and is dependent on generous military aid from the West in its defensive war against Russia.
However,Russia will either continue to exist as a sovereign state "or Russia will cease to exist", said Putin. At the same time, he emphasized that "Western recipes for so-called flower revolutions" would not work in Russia, even if the West had already "unleashed real aggression". With this aggression, which is escalating from year to year, the West not only wants to bring down the Russian economy and society, but also the political state system. "They believed and still believe that they can sow internal unrest in our country," said Putin.
Putin's speech at the party congress in Moscow is seen as the start of his campaign for the presidency. Having already amended the Russian constitution, Putin can expect to be re-elected in March 2024.
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Source: www.stern.de
