Putin: Russia’s Syria operation will continue until talks

Mr Putin also described the property billionaire as a “very flamboyant man”. “But, as we can see, he is an absolute leader in the presidential race”. How can we not welcome that?

“We’ll probably have to adjust something here”, Mr. Putin said of the budget.

At a previous Republican debate, in September, Trump said he would “get along” with Putin. Nemtsov was shot dead on February 27 on a bridge near the Kremlin. “And I’m sure that Obama doesn’t like him very much”, Trump said of Putin in October.

Speaking to reporters after his annual three-hour televised news conference, Putin welcomed the GOP front-runner’s stance on relations with Moscow.

“We don’t think that alliance will have an anti-Russian character”. Putin also added that he did not understand why the alliance was formed as a majority of its members were already part of the U.S.-led coalition. He said they live in Russian Federation and “live their own life and do it with dignity”. However, he noted that the decision was not political. “The US claims it will talk to al-Assad but who will speak for the Syrian opposition?”

Russian President Vladimir Putin has admitted he does have soldiers in the Ukraine doing “certain military tasks”.

Putin said Thursday that there is no plan to impose sanctions on Ukraine.

“Ukraine can not be placed in conditions worse than those of our external partners, but of course, Ukraine will have no benefits or trade preferences with Russian Federation from January 1, 2016”.

However, he had no such charitable words for Turkey and made clear he was in no mood to forgive Ankara for shooting down a Russian warplane near the Turkish-Syrian border on 24 November.

Despite a downward trend in oil prices, the Russian government will not rush to adjust its budget, Putin said.

In the meantime, the temporary high-tech modules deployed at the base in Syria’s Latakia can be assembled in two days’ time and airlifted back to Russian airdromes by Antonov-22 planes. Even there when we say “yes” and we agree, they hit us from behind or from the side, moreover, for unknown reasons. Grab the phone and explain what happened. Maybe, they thought that we would run away from there (Syria)?

Addressing Russia’s strained relations with some of its neighbors at his annual news conference, attended by hundreds of Russian and foreign journalists, Putin said he saw no possibility of overcoming the tensions with Turkey under its current leadership, and wanted to see the conflict in Ukraine settled as soon as possible. No, Russia is not such country.

President Vladimir Putin says the Syrian people themselves must determine who rules the country.

“We will carry out air strikes and support Syrian army offensives for as long as the Syrian army carries them out”. Putin says that Russia’s economy is showing signs of stabilization despite plummeting…

According to the president, Russian Federation did not start a war in Syria. He has not yet said whether he intends to stand for a fourth presidential term in 2018.

“Now, about the political process in that country: Who should this issue be discussed with?”

“The Russian economy has passed the crisis – at least the peak of the crisis”, he said. This is how the Islamic State finally appeared, to my view”, Putin said.

I want to draw your attention to the fact that all that is calculated with an oil price of $50 per barrel.