Price increases, Syria, the SVO and the liberation of the Kursk region: what Vladimir Putin spoke about during the 2024
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2025 7:00 am
Read about the most interesting statements by the Russian president about the external and internal problems facing the country in the RIA Novosti article.
As the host of Vladimir Putin's direct line reported, about 2 million 200 thousand requests had been submitted by the time the event began. During his conversations with both ordinary people and the journalists gathered in the hall, the president answered many painful questions, sometimes quite frankly.
Vladimir Putin on the action and horror
Answering the host’s first question about how Russia georgia mobile database manages to “stay afloat” in a crazy world, the Russian leader allowed himself to philosophize.
"You know, when everything is calm, measured, stable, we are bored. Stagnation. We want some action. As soon as the action starts, everything whistles at our temples: seconds, bullets. Unfortunately, bullets are whistling now. We are so scared, "horror-horror," "the president reflected on the peculiarities of either the universal human or purely national psyche.
He added that we, of course, have a “horror,” but not a “horror-horror-horror.”
On Russia's place in the global economy
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From a philosophical remark, Putin abruptly moved to specifics, namely to the economy, by which, in his words, “everything is measured.”
The situation with the Russian economy “is normal and stable,” the president assured.
"Last year, as you know, our economic growth was 3.6%. This year it will be 3.9%, and maybe even 4%."
Vladimir Putin
President of the Russian Federation
Meanwhile, Russia's ill-wishers are doing worse. If the Russian economy has grown by 8% in two years, then in the US, according to the Russian leader, it has grown by 5-6%, in the Eurozone by 1%, and in Germany there is stagnation.
The President also recalled that Russia’s GDP in terms of purchasing power parity is fourth in the world, with only China, the USA and India having more.
On rising prices and inflation
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Putin noted that high inflation (currently 9.2-9.3%) is an alarming signal for the country's economy.
"But wages have grown by 9% in real terms. I want to emphasize this, in real terms, minus inflation. And the disposable income of the population has also grown. So, overall, this situation is stable, I repeat, and reliable," the president said.
Answering a question about the rise in consumer prices, Putin said that one of the reasons for this was that the population's income grew faster than the volume of manufactured goods and, accordingly, the mass of goods.
As the host of Vladimir Putin's direct line reported, about 2 million 200 thousand requests had been submitted by the time the event began. During his conversations with both ordinary people and the journalists gathered in the hall, the president answered many painful questions, sometimes quite frankly.
Vladimir Putin on the action and horror
Answering the host’s first question about how Russia georgia mobile database manages to “stay afloat” in a crazy world, the Russian leader allowed himself to philosophize.
"You know, when everything is calm, measured, stable, we are bored. Stagnation. We want some action. As soon as the action starts, everything whistles at our temples: seconds, bullets. Unfortunately, bullets are whistling now. We are so scared, "horror-horror," "the president reflected on the peculiarities of either the universal human or purely national psyche.
He added that we, of course, have a “horror,” but not a “horror-horror-horror.”
On Russia's place in the global economy
Photo - © RIA Novosti
From a philosophical remark, Putin abruptly moved to specifics, namely to the economy, by which, in his words, “everything is measured.”
The situation with the Russian economy “is normal and stable,” the president assured.
"Last year, as you know, our economic growth was 3.6%. This year it will be 3.9%, and maybe even 4%."
Vladimir Putin
President of the Russian Federation
Meanwhile, Russia's ill-wishers are doing worse. If the Russian economy has grown by 8% in two years, then in the US, according to the Russian leader, it has grown by 5-6%, in the Eurozone by 1%, and in Germany there is stagnation.
The President also recalled that Russia’s GDP in terms of purchasing power parity is fourth in the world, with only China, the USA and India having more.
On rising prices and inflation
Photo - © RIA Novosti
Putin noted that high inflation (currently 9.2-9.3%) is an alarming signal for the country's economy.
"But wages have grown by 9% in real terms. I want to emphasize this, in real terms, minus inflation. And the disposable income of the population has also grown. So, overall, this situation is stable, I repeat, and reliable," the president said.
Answering a question about the rise in consumer prices, Putin said that one of the reasons for this was that the population's income grew faster than the volume of manufactured goods and, accordingly, the mass of goods.