“Russia is going through difficult times,” admits Putin

2023-05-23 20:31:08

Time.news – “Yes, Russia is going through difficult times; things have never been easy, but, despite this, today we are witnessing a moment of common consolidation”, said the Russian president Vladimir Putin during an awards ceremony, “with national pride sharpening, when we strive at all costs to strengthen the foundations of our spirituality, to create conditions in the economy, in production and in the education of our youth to ensure the unconditional future of our country”, reports the Tass.

The president emphasized the remarks of the former head of Tatarstan and current head of the region’s State Council Mintimer Shaymiyev, awarded the Order of St. Andrew the First-Called, on “the direction the country has taken in recent years”. “We have become much more self-sufficient. Without self-sufficiency there can be no sovereignty, and self-sufficiency is being achieved in all areas: in art, science, industry and, of course, the military,” Putin said.