It took Russian President Vladimir Putin an hour to get to the international issues as his state of the nation speech focused on the political issues that are pressing on the Kremlin today – the miasma that has fallen over the Russian population as the gradual economic recovery of the last year fails to trickle down to the street and made people’s lives better.
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Ben Aris: Putin delivers a homely state of the nation speech
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual state of the nation address in Moscow on February 20, 2019.
