Putin wants to have friends – Aftonbladet

Russia. Russia wants to have friendship, doth protest president Vladimir Putin said in his annual speech on the state of the nation.

But he reject it, while for “bad tips” from the outside world.

– We are not seeking and has never sought any enemies. We need friends, noted the president, faced with all sorts of native potentates and the members of the Russian parliament’s two chambers in Moscow on Thursday.

But there was one, but also:

– We will not allow anyone to interfere in our interests. Our fate is in our own hands and we build our present and future without the lousy tips and unwanted advice, said Putin.

Eurasian cooperation

Century in Moscow contained a usual mix of lectures and comments on the situation at home and internationally. Putin believes in a reduction in inflation, and strive to by 2020, a growth rate that is higher than the world average.

He promised to continue the fight against corruption, but gave at the same time, a scrape to the prosecutor and police officers made their arrests before the tv cameras and a lot of attention.

International stressed Putin the relations to the east – toward China, India and Japan. But he’s also hoping for a “eurasian partnership” that he is convinced to be able to discuss with various EU-countries “where the interest of a more independent and subjective political and economic course is now growing”.

Relationship with US

the Situation in Ukraine was not mentioned a single time. Syria took Putin up as an example of Russia’s fight against terrorism.

In the fight hope Putin on help from the united states, that he wants to “normalize” the relationship, when Donald Trumps new administration takes office.

Putin marked the clear the vision which Moscow had long-standing relations between Russia and the united states is crucial for the whole world.

– We have a shared responsibility to ensure international security and stability. I would like to stress that attempts to break the strategic jämbördigheten is extremely dangerous and can lead to a global catastrophe. Don’t forget it for a single second, said Putin.

the FACTS

Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 1952) has dominated political life in Russia since 1999, when he was within half a year climbed from to be head of the security service, the FSB, to the president, through the four months as prime minister.

Putin grew up in st. Petersburg, then still called Leningrad. He worked for the FSB representatives of the KGB in the 1980s, including in east Germany, and the city administration under former mayor Anatoly Sobchak in the 1990s.

Putin has in recent years växelstyrt with current prime minister Dmitry Medvedev. Putin was president until 2008 and again from 2012, while Medvedev sat on the record during the term of office in between.

Brussels, TT:correspondent