Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session of the World Russian People’s Council, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the founding of the organisation, via video link in Sochi, Russia November 28, 2023. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS Acquire Licensing Rights
MOSCOW, Nov 28 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin, whose picture was shown between two giant images of an ancient Orthodox icon on Tuesday, warned the West ahead of elections in March 2024 that any foreign meddling in Russia would be considered an act of aggression.
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has led to the most serious confrontation between Moscow and the West since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, prompting Putin to pivot towards China.
Since the invasion, Putin has changed the narrative of the war, casting it as an existential battle between sacred Russian civilisation and an arrogant West which he says is in cultural, political and economic decline.
Speaking to the World Russian…
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