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| Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday |
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday delivered a combative defence of his country’s invasion of Ukraine.
Putin accused the United States of treating other countries as “colonies”, and said gloomy forecasts for the Russian economy had not been fulfilled.
Amid a lengthy denunciation of the United States and its allies, Putin said: “Nothing will be as it used to be in global politics.”
