Russia's Putin delivers annual State of the Nation speech. pic.twitter.com/KUfjx8h6u9
— Ukraine@war (@djp3tros) December 4, 2014
The probability to find a sanctioned person among these folks is quite high. pic.twitter.com/xKHZUhvydB
— Russian Market (@russian_market) December 4, 2014
Putin: "This year Russia has shown it can protect its compatriots, defend the truth and justice"
— Steve Rosenberg (@BBCSteveR) December 4, 2014
Putin: Crimea to Russia is what Temple Mount is for Jews.
— Dmitri Trenin (@DmitriTrenin) December 4, 2014
Putin praising Crimea referendum and "historical union of Crimea and Sevastopol with Russia." Applause.
— Paul Sonne (@PaulSonne) December 4, 2014
Putin: Russia helped Soviet republics to become independent in the early 1990s and this position hasn't changed.
— Leonid Ragozin (@leonidragozin) December 4, 2014
#Putin: We condemned the coup in Kiev in February, what is happening in Eastern Ukraine today proves out point.
— Yury Barmin (@yurybarmin) December 4, 2014
On Ukraine: Putin says he sometimes doesn't know whether it's better to talk to Russia's neighbors or directly to their American sponsors
— Paul Sonne (@PaulSonne) December 4, 2014
Putin speaks fast, impatiently, clears his throat a lot. Not his usual style in these kind of speeches.
— Simon Kruse (@crusoes) December 4, 2014
#Putin: Russia will always have respect for Ukraine as a brotherly nation and will support its sovereignty.
— Yury Barmin (@yurybarmin) December 4, 2014
Putin says he's certain that even if Ukraine events hadn't happened, the West "would have come up with another excuse to restrain Russia"
— Steve Rosenberg (@BBCSteveR) December 4, 2014
Russia: Whenever they feel Russia is getting stronger, they start creating problems.
— Leonid Ragozin (@leonidragozin) December 4, 2014
A Chechnya reference early on - Putin says he's sure local forces will deal with the fighting. Suggests U.S. supports separatists there.
— max seddon (@maxseddon) December 4, 2014
Putin is furious. Russian journo @ilya_shepelin suggests the speeches have got mixed up and Putin is reading a Channel One Kiselev rant.
— Shaun Walker (@shaunwalker7) December 4, 2014
#Putin: Western support for separatism in Russia has always been obvious to us.
— Yury Barmin (@yurybarmin) December 4, 2014
Putin compares the West to Hitler
— Leonid Ragozin (@leonidragozin) December 4, 2014
Putin says the West tried to "make Russia fall apart according to the Yugoslavia scenario" in the 1990s. But it didn't work.
— max seddon (@maxseddon) December 4, 2014
#Putin: US continues creating their missile defense system, we don't want to be drawn into another arms race,but we will protect our country
— Yury Barmin (@yurybarmin) December 4, 2014
Putin: Our army is polite but powerful.
— Leonid Ragozin (@leonidragozin) December 4, 2014
Putin defiant, standoffish, hawkish. Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) December 4, 2014
#putin: west is trying to put up a new iron curtain around rsa. we will not seek isolation. we are strong and sure of ourselves
— Sarah Rainsford (@sarahrainsford) December 4, 2014
Ruble drops sharply as Putin embarks on obviously combative speech: pic.twitter.com/Q2qCH3IT9V
— Howard Amos (@howardamos) December 4, 2014
So far we've heard lots of criticism of the West, talk of plots etc. I suppose Putin will move onto how to solve the economic crisis?
— Steve Rosenberg (@BBCSteveR) December 4, 2014
This speech is the perfect alloy of macho bluster and whiny self-pity. It's incredible. It's his entire personality distilled.
— Jake Turk (@randomdijit) December 4, 2014
This is a very assured speech from #Putin, defending foreign policy, criticising West. No attempt to soften rhetoric, to soften sanctions
— Sarah Rainsford (@sarahrainsford) December 4, 2014
Basically, #Putin's speech can be summarized as primitive Soviet propaganda, the kind that he grew up listening to in the USSR
— Ukraine Reporter (@StateOfUkraine) December 4, 2014
Now its the economy. Wait for it.
— Roland Oliphant (@RolandOliphant) December 4, 2014
#Putin: Russia will remain open to the world, to investments, to joint projects, but our welfare depends solely on us.
— Yury Barmin (@yurybarmin) December 4, 2014
#Putin is acting like a puffer fish who insists he's a teddy bear.
— Lucian Kim (@Lucian_Kim) December 4, 2014
Putin: Sanctions will motivate us to achieve our goals faster.
— Leonid Ragozin (@leonidragozin) December 4, 2014
Vladimir #Putin's speech isn't that of a rational world leader but the work of a paranoid, violent and increasingly isolated demagogue,
— Daniel Hamilton (@danielrhamilton) December 4, 2014
Yes, that was Kadyrov in the crowd in the Kremlin today on Rossiya 24 just now
— greg white (@whitegl) December 4, 2014
Putin: "We have to remove the restrictions on business as much as possible."
— Paul Sonne (@PaulSonne) December 4, 2014
Putin: All checks on business should become public. We should reject the policy of total control.
— Leonid Ragozin (@leonidragozin) December 4, 2014
It sounds like Putin is talking about cracking down on predatory official behavior against business, as scooped here: http://t.co/6UgCh5VFSi
— max seddon (@maxseddon) December 4, 2014
HE PAUSED. CLAP.
— Jake Turk (@randomdijit) December 4, 2014
@Conflict_Report Look at Kadirov´s face at Putin´s speech #Grozny pic.twitter.com/sdlTC1jqJY
— Hetman Andrij (@HetmanAndrij) December 4, 2014
#Putin: I propose full amnesty of capital that returns to Russia. If you legalize your assets in Russia you get guarantees from the state
— Yury Barmin (@yurybarmin) December 4, 2014
Putin: "Full amnesty to ALL [criminals] who bring their money back into Russia. No prosecution, no questions asked."
— Christo Grozev (@christogrozev) December 4, 2014
Reacting to Putin's 'money amnesty', opposition activist @Navalny posts pics of Putin associates MT @navalny: pic.twitter.com/xpATxuNdeZ
— Simon Kruse (@crusoes) December 4, 2014
Putin: Please bring your money to Russia. My friends (business fronts for me) are running out of things to steal.
— James Farro (@JF991) December 4, 2014
Putin: The authorities knows who speculates on the weak ruble. It has tools to counter them. Time to use these tools.
— Leonid Ragozin (@leonidragozin) December 4, 2014
#Putin: Russia should become less dependent on machinery that we buy abroad, including for oil and gas industry.
— Yury Barmin (@yurybarmin) December 4, 2014
@Conflict_Report Grozny now pic.twitter.com/YoWwu97SVX
— Hetman Andrij (@HetmanAndrij) December 4, 2014
Medvedev dozes off yet again. pic.twitter.com/7GHmermsgn
— max seddon (@maxseddon) December 4, 2014
Der Führer is speaking. "Coup in Ukraine. USA is to blame for everything. Russia strong." Same rubbish as always. pic.twitter.com/xkWIaMRSdJ
— Anders Östlund (@andersostlund) December 4, 2014
Via @Davenpuerte pic.twitter.com/uUND2wf4WM
— Anders Östlund (@andersostlund) December 4, 2014
#Putin: Russia must end dependence on Western banks....No mention of corporate debt now around $650 billion with no clear payment route
— Neil MacFarquhar (@NeilMacFarquhar) December 4, 2014
#Putin's closing note: Russians are prepared to take up any challenge and win. Applause. Anthem. The end.
— Yury Barmin (@yurybarmin) December 4, 2014
Putin ends speech saying Russians this year showed a "national uplift & patriotism. We accept the challenge of the times & we will win"
— Steve Rosenberg (@BBCSteveR) December 4, 2014
Putin's loyal henchmen. pic.twitter.com/TkVAvnPLvn
— Anders Östlund (@andersostlund) December 4, 2014
Applauds at the end of Putin' speech last for about four seconds.
— Leonid Ragozin (@leonidragozin) December 4, 2014
"And now we have time for some questions..." pic.twitter.com/U404jhRV2h
— Robert Coalson (@CoalsonR) December 4, 2014
That's the end of that. Some of the grimaces in the hall are straight from a 7am metro train somewhere near the MKAD on a December morning.
— Shaun Walker (@shaunwalker7) December 4, 2014
"Путин: Надо научиться уважать себя"
И действительно, хотя по всей видимости уже поздно. pic.twitter.com/OkcyexobrK
— Ukrainian Forces (@kozakmamai) December 4, 2014
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