Ahead of SPIEF 24, President Putin again emphasized nothing will change, politically, between the Russian Federation and the GAE regardless of this fall’s “election”.
Putin spoke with heads of international news agencies on Wednesday, on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).
“We believe no serious changes will happen after the elections,” the Russian leader explained, in response to a question from Reuters.
I think he’s being a little optimistic in thinking there will be an election, but time will tell. He’s dead right about the decline and the burning.