During the 19 December end-of-the-year press conference, President Vladimir Putin specifically underscored Moscow’s assertiveness in the face of the West’s ongoing sanctions pressure against Russia, saying that the country’s “economy has adapted to foreign shocks”.
Summing up the results of Vladimir Putin’s presidency over the past twenty years, Bloomberg claimed that “one of the most remarkable things” is the Russian president’s ability to continue extending the country’s global reach “on a shoe-string [domestic] budget”.
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