If he completes another full Kremlin term, Putin will have stayed in power longer than any Russian leader since Catherine the Great in the 18th century.
“I want to thank all of you and all citizens of the country for your support and this trust. No matter who or how much they want to intimidate us, no matter who or how much they want to suppress us, our will, our consciousness — no one has ever succeeded in anything like this in history. It has not worked now and will not work in the future. Never,” Putin said early Monday morning, according to a report by news agency AFP.
Putin also said there are risks of World War III if a conflict breaks out between Russia and the US-led NATO military alliance. He said it would mean that the world is one step away from World War Three. He quickly pointed out that no one wanted such a scenario.
Russia-China relations will become stronger, Vladimir Putin says in post-election victory speech
- Russian president wins election in a landslide, extending his rule for six more years
- Vladimir Putin praises China, which has forged a ‘no limits’ partnership with Russia
Russia-China relations to grow stronger, Putin says, after clinching landslide election win
Russia-China relations will become stronger, Vladimir Putin says in post-election victory speech
- Russian president wins election in a landslide, extending his rule for six more years
- Vladimir Putin praises China, which has forged a ‘no limits’ partnership with Russia
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Russian President Vladimir Putin forecast that Russia-China relations would become stronger in the coming years.
Putin spoke in central Moscow on Sunday after partial results showed he had won Russia’s presidential election by a landslide.
Putin won 87.8% of the vote, the highest ever result in Russia’s post-Soviet history, according to an exit poll by pollster the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM).
The Russian Public Opinion Research Centre (VCIOM) put Putin on 87%. First official results indicated the polls were accurate.
“The relations between Russia and China are a stabilising factor, while good personal relations between the leaders of the two nations allow to develop ties even further,” Putin said at his campaign headquarters, according to TASS news agency.
“Our relations have been taking shape over the past two decades. They are very strong and we are complementing each other.”
Referring to Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Putin said: “I’m sure that this relationship will be maintained, including, to a great extent, thanks to our good personal relationship with the president of the People’s Republic of China.
“But the most important thing is that our national interests coincide, and this creates a favourable environment for resolving our common tasks and in the sphere of international relations, where relations between Russia and China serve as a factor of stability,” he added.
“But the most important thing is that our national interests coincide, and this creates a favourable environment for resolving our common tasks and in the sphere of international relations, where relations between Russia and China serve as a factor of stability,” he added.
Tensions with the United States and its allies over the Ukraine war have pushed the two countries closer.
China has replaced Europe as Russia’s biggest energy buyer, while Russia’s reliance on Chinese products has also increased.
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