What summed up the year Putin during a “straight line” – N4K

Russian President Vladimir Putin a few days ago again spoke directly with the population of the country, in order to gain insight into the current problems of citizens.

During the “straight line” in 2015, mainly deals with economic issues. Also a lot of complaints against the head of state received in connection with the events in Ukraine, Crimea, as well as on the current allies and enemies of Russia. Not bypassed Vladimir Putin and the upcoming anniversary of the Victory Parade, during which will showcase more than 200 pieces of military equipment, some of which were previously unknown to the general public.

If we compare with the previous year, the questions about the development events in the Donbas and the situation in the Crimea gradually receded into the background, while the priority was economic forecasts authorities, inflation and exchange rate. In this regard, Putin noted that the domestic economy has overcome the crisis peak and now forecasts for its recovery brighter than before – about one year is required to finally overcome all the financial negative. Putin said that this kind of situation is now not only in Russia but also in Europe, the country which – even more suffer from economic shocks. As an illustrative evidence, the Russian leader cited figures: if we compare the unemployment figures, the EU are higher by 5.2 percent.

All the questions in the Ukrainian crisis, Vladimir Putin once again confirmed that Russian troops in the neighboring country is not. On the question of who would support Russia in the event of an invasion, Putin explained that the country needs to rely on its own resources.

A separate agenda was the current situation in the Crimea. For example, people complained that the availability of vouchers to the peninsula – is still quite low. The President assured that the situation will change very quickly. In particular, in the Crimea will fly planes from 50 Russian cities, and the average ticket will cost 7500 rubles. On the Kerch crossing are also expected favorable changes due to the fact that there will be launched ten new ferries, some of which will be very impressive in capacity.