Posted on 12/31/2024 10:17:37 AM PST by marcusmaximus
President Vladimir Putin told Russians in a New Year address that the country would move forward with confidence in 2025, though he offered no specific promises on the economy or the war in Ukraine.
At a time when many ordinary people are worried about rising prices and the central bank's 21% interest rate is squeezing businesses and homebuyers, Putin reassured Russians that their wellbeing was his top priority.
He framed Russia's challenges as part of a wider historic mission, evoking past victories including its role in the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two.
Russia, he said, had overcome trials, achieved major goals and strengthened its unity in the first quarter of the 21st century - a period coinciding exactly with his time as its paramount leader.
"And now, on the threshold of the new year, we are thinking about the future. We are confident that everything will be fine, we will only move forward. We know for sure that the absolute value for us was, is and will be the fate of Russia, the well-being of its citizens," he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Stop posting to me, Bobo Homo. I don’t like seeing exceptionally low IQ crap on my Ping page. Nothing you say is of the slightest interest to me. You’re not even funny like most zeepers are.
“Finally, if someone says STOP, then STOP! If someone asks you to take them off your ping list, then take them off! If someone asks you to stop posting to them, the adult and polite thing to do is to accommodate them.” -Jim Robinson
Stop posting to me. I don’t post to people who ask me not to post to them. And I don’t *care* what your pronouns are.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4166577/posts
😂😂😂
I refer to BooBoo as "J. Wellington Wimpy".
He will gladly predict what will happen next Tuesday if you listen to his bullsqueeze today.
Heh! Perfect!
Ol’ J. Wellington…
perfect - a denizen of the GOPee Briefing Room, sitting around in his briefs, eyeing his Special Ukraine Sock...
marcus plans to watch the ball drop tonight knowing his never will.
The question is: Does he have any?
“I don’t post to people who ask me not to post to them.”
Then I refer you to post #39
It's after midnight in the Ukraine. Is The Elensky gonna shut off his own gas supply today?
stopityerkillinme
Closest marcus can get to ball-dropping…
Happy New Year, y’all!
I see J. Wellington Wimpy, aka BooBoo is a last-worder. Zeepers are weird about stuff like that. I guess it’s a gay thing.
The little homo posted to me first. I don’t tend to address people like him. They smell like cabbage and bathhouse.
But, I don’t care about having the last word. I just want the zeeper to stop lisping his queer little comments to me.
So Wimpy has my permission to have the last word. 😂
Happy New Year to you as well, Allegra.
Let’s raise a glass, and toast to 2025 being the year zeepers disappeared from FR.
“I don’t tend to address people like him”
You are repeatedly addressing me, after being told not to.
It is creepy stalking. Stop.
Let’s raise a glass, and toast to 2025 being the year zeepers disappeared from FR
I’ll toast to that.
Everyone is agreed that Russia is taking heavy losses but consider the source. Propaganda from Ukraine. We’ll have to wait until long after the war is over for the true numbers from both sides.
Some patriotic Russian needs to off this little runt.
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