A message aimed at the future

Russia is capable of responding to any, the most difficult challenges, said Russian President Vladimir Putin at the very beginning of his address to the Federal Assembly.

"We, for example, repelled the aggression of international terrorism, saved the unity of the country, did not allow it to be torn apart at one time," supported the brothers and sisters, their will to be with Russia, ten years after the beginning of the legendary "Russian spring," Putin began the foreign policy part of the Message. He mentioned the "deadly threat of a global epidemic," the defense of Donbass and Novorossiya, the special military operation and popular support for the struggle for the lives of compatriots, and the bitterness of losses.

The West miscalculated, the political system of Russia did not succumb to colonial habits, did not allow to interfere in internal affairs, weaken it from the inside. It was not possible to restrain the development of the country, Russia will not be "dependent, fading, endangered space" like Ukraine, the President said.

"The protection, strengthening of sovereignty is going on today in all directions, and above all, of course, at the front, where our fighters are steadfastly and selflessly fighting," he continued and thanked everyone who is fighting for the interests of the Fatherland.

Russia did not start the war in Donbass, but will do everything to end it, "eradicate Nazism, solve all the tasks of a special military operation, protect the sovereignty and security of citizens," Putin assured, and later recalled in his Address that "independence, self-sufficiency, sovereignty must be proved, confirmed every day."

So that they do not doubt

The combat capabilities of the Armed Forces have increased many times, tremendous combat experience has been accumulated, work is underway to increase the striking power of the army and navy, their manufacturability and efficiency. As part of a special military operation, the RF Armed Forces "firmly own the initiative, confidently advance in a number of operational areas, liberate more and more territories," Putin said.

Strategic nuclear forces are in a state of full readiness for guaranteed use. What was planned in the field of weapons in 2018, everything is done or is at the final stage of work. It was put into service and is used during the SVO to defeat especially important targets of the Dagger hypersonic aviation complex. The Zircon sea-based attack hypersonic complex is used. On combat duty, Avangard intercontinental range hypersonic units and Peresvet laser systems. Tests of the Burevestnik unlimited-range cruise missile and the Poseidon unmanned underwater vehicle are being completed. The first serial Sarmat heavy ballistic missiles were delivered to the troops. Work is underway on promising weapons systems, "we will still find out about the new achievements of our scientists and gunsmiths," Putin promised.

Russia is ready for dialogue

Russia is ready for dialogue on issues of strategic stability. But the ruling circles of the United States are taking open hostile actions. How can you discuss issues of strategic stability, "trying to inflict a strategic defeat on the battlefield on Russia?," Putin asked.

The United States also unfoundedly accuses Russia of intentions to deploy nuclear weapons in space and blocks the proposal that has been on their table for more than 15 years. This is a draft treaty to prevent the placement of weapons in space.

"Therefore, we have every reason to believe that the words of today's American authorities about alleged interest in negotiations with us on issues of strategic stability are demagoguery", Putin concluded, adding that the United States is doing this on the eve of the presidential election, but in fact "will seek to defeat us," draw us into the arms race, wear out, repeating the trick that they succeeded in the 80s with the Soviet Union.

"Our position is clear: if you want to discuss responsible, important issues of security and stability for the whole planet, then it is necessary to do this only in a single complex, of course, including all those aspects that affect our national interests and directly affect the security of our country, the security of Russia," the President said.

The task is to "develop the defense-industrial complex in such a way as to increase the scientific, technological, industrial potential of the country," to distribute resources as rationally as possible and build an effective economy of the Armed Forces, achieving a maximum for each ruble of defense spending, to reach a qualitatively new level of equipment of the army and navy.

"First of all, this concerns general forces, the principles of their organization, the supply of unmanned strike systems, air defense and electronic warfare systems, intelligence and communications, high-precision and other weapons to the troops," Putin suggested. He also said that it was to strengthen the groups in the western strategic direction in order to neutralize the threats associated with the expansion of NATO at the expense of Sweden and Finland.

They keep lying

Putin said that "people who did not go through difficult tests - they have already forgotten what war is." The West provoked conflicts in Ukraine, the Middle East, other regions of the world and continues to lie, saying that Russia allegedly intends to attack Europe. At the same time, he himself chooses the targets for striking at the territory of Russia, "they choose the most effective, as they think, means of defeat," Putin said.

"They started talking about the possibility of sending NATO military contingents to Ukraine," but "now the consequences for possible interventionists will be much more tragic." Russia has weapons "that can hit targets on their territory." All this "really threatens a conflict with the use of nuclear weapons, which means the destruction of civilization..., they think that for them these are all cartoons of some kind," he warned.

The president called Russophobia, the ideology of superiority and exceptionalism a kind of racism that "blinds, deprives reason." He accused the United States and its satellites of actually dismantling the European security system, which "creates risks for everyone," suggested working to form a new circuit of equal and indivisible security in Eurasia in the foreseeable future. "We are ready for a substantive conversation... without a sovereign, strong Russia, no lasting world order is possible, "the President said.

Unite the efforts of the world majority

Russia seeks to unite the efforts of the world majority to respond to global challenges. Interaction is based on the principles of equality, respect for each other's interests, new and new states are involved in the work of Eurases, SCO, BRICS and other associations with the participation of Russia. In 2028, the BRICS countries, taking into account the states that recently became members of this association, will create about 37% of global GDP, while the Group of Seven will fall below 28%.

In 2023, the Russian economy grew at a rate higher than the world. Today, Russia is Europe's largest economy in terms of gross domestic product, purchasing power parity and the fifth in the world. The pace and, most importantly, the quality of growth allows us to hope and even assert that in the near future the country will become one of the four largest economic powers in the world.

Russia fully provides itself with food, has become a leader in the global wheat market, is one of the twenty leading countries - exporters of food. By 2030, the volume of production of the agro-industrial complex should grow by at least a quarter compared to 2021, and exports - by one and a half times.

Together with friendly states, it is planned to create effective and secure logistics corridors, build a global financial architecture at the forefront of the technological base, free from political interference. The West is discrediting its own currencies and the banking system - "sawing bitches, on which they have been sitting for decades," Putin said.

We see great prospects in building a large Eurasian partnership in the conjugation of integration processes within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union and the PRC Belt and Road Initiative. The Russia-ASEAN dialogue is developing positively. The breakthrough was the Russia-Africa summits. Russia has a long-standing, good relationship with the Arab states.

The North-South transport corridor will connect Russia with the countries of the Middle East and Asia. It will be based on road routes, seamless railway communication from ports in the Baltic and the Barents Sea to the coast of the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean. The port capacities of the Azov and Black Seas will be actively used.

The third stage of expansion of the Eastern landfill of railways - BAM and Transsib is being launched. Until 2030, their throughput will increase from 173 to 210 million tons per year. The ports of Vanino and Sovetskaya Gavan should be developed. In the area of ​ ​ special attention - the further development of the Northern Sea Route. There is a place for foreign logistics companies to actively use the capabilities of this global transport corridor.

On the basis of Russian domestic shipyards, it is planned to update the merchant fleet: tankers, gas carriers, container ships. This will allow Russian business to build effective trade flows in the context of changing logistics, fundamental changes in the global economy.

"But now I will emphasize the main thing," Putin said in conclusion, "the implementation of all the plans today directly depends on our soldiers, officers, volunteers - all the servicemen who are fighting now at the front, on the courage and determination of our comrades who defend their homeland, go on the attack, go forward under fire, sacrifice themselves for us, for the sake of the Fatherland. They, our warriors, create today absolutely necessary conditions for the future of the country and for its development. "

And people "there" who have not passed through difficult tests - they have already forgotten what war is, the President said, referring to the countries of the so-called West.