NEWSWATCH: “Putin focuses on domestic issues in his annual press conference marathon; International relations and the showdown with the West in Ukraine and Syria got little attention this year” – bne Intellinews

… Putin … [began] his annual marathon press conference … with a run down of the latest macroeconomic results. In the last two events he spent more time on international relations and the showdown with the West in Ukraine and Syria, which got little attention this year.
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Putin indirectly dismissed … speculation … Russia hacked the US election, saying … Democrats were trying to blame their loss on ‘external factors’, when … facing their own ‘systemic problems’.

 

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