This is what Russian political scientist hears in Putin’s press conference: ‘Willing to accept a partial ceasefire’

Ukraine can safely hold elections, Russia’s economy is still doing reasonably well and NATO boss Mark Rutte needs to learn to read. It is the short summary of Russian President Putin’s traditional hour-long end-of-year press conference about 2025. Russian political scientist Ivan Preobrazhensky provides commentary. “Putin thinks things are going well in Russia, but that is a myth.”

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