Putin: ‘We Are Ready for Cooperation’ With US

Putin did, however, clearly state that he was only prepared to do so as long as Russia’s interests were served by doing so.

Putin argued that the main reason for problems with the economy were as a result of internal issues which prevented growth.

Mr Putin said: “Russia is also ready to work with the new US Administration. We share responsibility for ensuring global security and stability and strengthening the non-proliferation regime”.

Putin also addressed Russia’s Olympic doping scandal, wherein some Russian athletes were banned from competition in Rio earlier this year after a state-sponsored doping ring was uncovered by a World Anti-Doping Agency inquiry.

Putin said Russian Federation is looking forward to mending ties with the USA after president-elect Donald Trump takes office in January. The Russian president claimed that he and Trump had several points of agreement that were discussed during that conversation.

Putin spoke of a “so-called doping scandal” which he suggested was part of a campaign against Russian Federation.

US President-elect Donald Trump.

Speaking in his live state-of-the-nation address, Putin pointed at a growth in some sectors of industry and agriculture and pledged that positive trends will continue next year. He concluded his statements regarding Syria with a light jab at the United States under the guise of calling for global cooperation between Russian Federation and Donald Trump’s political regime. Trump, for his part, has spoken about the need to cooperate with Russian Federation.

“Amid the intensifying political, social and economic contradictions and the growing instability of the world political and economic system, the role of the factor of force in worldwide relations increases”, the document stated.

That he may have found a friend in Trump, who takes office in less than two months, has been a much-discussed topic in US policy circles.

For most of the address in the opulent St. George’s Hall of the Kremlin, Putin listed economic data and plans to improve Russia’s infrastructure.

“President Putin emphasised that Russia’s pivot to Asia by no means should be understood as a substitute to Russia’s policy to the West”.

He has also offered to work with Russian Federation in Syria-where Russian Federation is backing the government against US-supported rebels-to fight the Islamic State.

Moscow considers all the groups fighting Mr. Assad to be terrorists, conflating groups like Islamic State with the moderate rebel groups supported by the White House.