: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Putin says shares Russians’ pain over economic hardship


President Vladimir Putin assured ordinary Russians on Thursday that he was trying to relieve the hardships they face, with the economy in recession and consumer prices pushed up as a consequence of the Kremlin’s standoff with the West.
Putin used a televised phone-in, an annual event when he fields questions from ordinary citizens around the country, to strike a conciliatory tone on foreign policy, saying Russia wanted friendly relations with the rest of the world.
Early questions to Putin focused on the economy, which shrank 3.7 percent last year, a result of falling prices for oil made worse by the effects of …read more

Source: Antigua Observer

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