“Moral and historical correctness is on our side,” says Vladimir Putin in his New Year’s greetings…

1:20 p.m .: “Moral and historical correctness is on our side”, says Putin in his New Year greetings

Russian President Vladimir Putin said this Saturday for his New Year’s greetings that “moral and historical correctness” was “on the side” of Russia, in the midst of the offensive in Ukraine and crisis with the West. According to him, the past year has been full of “really decisive and important events” which “lay the foundations (…) of our true independence”. “That is what we are fighting for today, protecting our people in our own historical territories, in the new constituent entities of Russia,” he added.

Vladimir Putin also saluted the memory of the former pope, Benedict XVI after his death, “an eminent religious and state personality, a convinced defender of traditional Christian values”, in a message of condolence to Pope Francis.