Russian President Putin Annual Address to Federal Assembly (Full Text Speech)

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Russian President Putin Annual Address to Federal Assembly (Full-Text Speech)

No One Listened to Russia Before We Created New Armament Systems, So Listen to Russia Now

• Russia, US Should Build Future Together, Solve Problems - Putin
  Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed Moscow's current position toward strained relations with the United States, saying that both countries should build the future together.
  
  "We are interested in normal constructive interaction with the United States and the European Union and are expecting that the common sense will prevail and our partners will choose fair and equal cooperation. Even if our positions on some issues are different, we are still partners, since we have to respond to difficult challenges together, ensure common security, build a future world, which is becoming more interconnected and where integration process are gaining momentum," Putin said.
  
  "Our policy will never be based on the aspirations for exceptionalism, we are defending our interests and respect the interests of other countries. With respect to the international law, we believe that the role of the United Nations is immutable. Those principles indeed let us build firm, kind, equal relations with almost majority of the countries," Putin stressed.
  
  Vladimir Putin has touched upon the issue of the US, EU sanctions against Russia, NATO development close to country's borders.
  
  "I would tell those, who are trying to develop their weapons within the last 15 years and seeking to gain unilateral benefits from Russia, imposing illegal and difficult from the prospect of international law limitations and sanctions aimed at constraining the development of our country, also in the military area: 'Everything you tried to hinder with such a policy has already happened. You failed to deter Russia,'" Putin said, addressing the Russian parliament.
  
  "NATO's approach toward our borders is becoming ineffective from a military point of view," the president added.
  
  
• Russia Will Respond to Any Use Of Nuclear Weapons Against Russia, Its Allies - Putin
  The Russian president stated that any use of nuclear weapons against Russia or its allies will be considered by Moscow to be a nuclear attack, triggering an immediate response.
  
  "I will stress, Russia's nuclear doctrine reserves the right to use nuclear weapons only in response to the use of nuclear arms or other weapons of mass destruction against Russia or its allies or in case of aggression against us with the use of conventional arms, when the existence of the statehood is put at risk. In this context I should say that we will consider any use of nuclear weapons against Russia or against its allies as a nuclear attack against our country. The response will be immediate with all that it implies," Putin said in his annual address to the Federal Assembly.
  
  The president said that certain provisions of the new US nuclear doctrine raised concerns, adding that according to such provisions the US nuclear weapons could be used "in response to the use of conventional arms or event to the cyberthreat."
  
  
• Russian President on International Treaties
  "For my part, I will note that all work to strengthen Russia's defense capability has been carried out within the framework of existing arms control agreements. We do not violate anything," Putin said.
  
  He said it took other countries centuries to achieve what Russia has achieved over the past 30 years.
  
  The president went on by stressing that Russia does not threaten anyone.
  
  "The rising military power of Russia does not threaten anyone. We have never had and have no plans to use this potential for offensive or aggressive purposes. We are not threatening anyone and have no plans to attack anyone, are not going to seize anything - we have everything," Putin said addressing the Russian parliament.
  
  "I would like to point out, that is very important: the rising military power of Russia is a secure guarantee of peace on our planet as this power preserves and will continue to preserve the strategic balance and balance of power in the world," the president added.
  
  He went on to say that NATO forces approach toward Russian borders has become ineffective given Russia's newest armaments.
  
  "In late 2017, a successful launch of Russian advanced cruise missile with a nuclear power supply took place at a central military facility ... There is nothing alike in the world," Putin said in his annual address to Russian Federal Assembly.
  
  "Possession of such armaments, for sure, gives Russia serious advantage in the armed confrontation. Its power, might, as military experts claim, may be great, and its speed makes it invulnerable to modern missile and air defense systems," Putin added.
  
  The Russian president notes that all tests of the advanced air, naval, unmanned systems had been carried out.
  
  BREAK: Vladimir #Putin says #Russia 'has developed missiles that no-one else possesses", and "tested an array of new nuclear weapons "invulnerable to enemy interception".
  
  
• No One Listened to Russia Before We Created New Armament Systems, So Listen to Russia Now - Putin
  "We know that a number of countries are working to create the new physical principles weapons. We have reasons to believe that we are one step ahead, at least in the crucial sectors. Tangible results have been achieved in the creation of laser weapons and it is not just a theory or projects and even not a start of production. The armed forces are receiving [advanced] military equipment starting from 2017. I would not go into details, it is not time, but the specialists will understand that the existence of such systems increases Russian capabilities in the security area manifold," Putin said in his annual address to the Federal Assembly.
  
  The Russian president underlined the country's tough stance on international policy, saying that other countries have started "listening" to Russia only after it had created new weapons systems.
  
  "Of course, we will also continue to develop and improve our state-of-the-art weapons systems. Certainly, today I have not told you of all our weapons and advanced developments. But it's enough for today," Putin said.
  
  He said all new types of missile weapons were available and operating, adding that Russian enterprises started their serial production.
  
  "Despite all the problems that we faced in the economy, in finance, in the defense industry, in the army - yet Russia remained and remains the largest nuclear power. Do not forget, no one really wanted to talk to us. Nobody listened to us. Listen now," Putin said.
  
  
• All State-of-Art Naval Aircraft, Unmanned Systems Tested - Putin
  The Russian president went on to talk about the country's new naval aircraft, which, as he specified, has already been tested.
  
  
• Putin on Country's Hypersonic Weapons
  The president stated that Russia's new hypersonic system has already been deployed in the South of the country since December 1, 2017.
  
  "The creation of the high-precision hypersonic aviation and missile system, which has no analogues in the world, is very important. Its tests have successfully been concluded. Moreover, since December 1 of last year, the system has been on the mission at the airfields of the South military district," Putin said during his annual address to the parliament.
  
  The unique characteristics of the high-speed carrier aircraft allow for delivering the missile within minutes, Putin continued.
  
  The missile, the speed of which exceeds the speed of the sound by 10 times, is able to overcome the existing and potentially-created air defense and anti-missile systems, reaching the target located up to 2,000 kilometers (1,242 miles) away with ordinary and nuclear warheads, the president added.
  
  "The creation of the strategic missile system with the essentially new military equipment, which is the maneuvering winged unit, the tests of which have already been completed, is a true technological breakthrough," Putin pointed out.
  
  Putin has revealed the testing of a nuclear-powered cruise missile in late 2017.
  
  "In late 2017, a successful launch of the nuclear-powered cruise missile took place. During the flight, the power unit [of the missile] reached the planned capacity, ensured the necessary level of the draft. The launch, which took place, and a number of tests carried out on the ground allow to start the creation of principally new type of weapons - strategic nuclear weapons with nuclear-powered missiles," the president said in his annual address to the Russian parliament.utin added that the missiles equipped with small-sized nuclear power generators would be invulnerable to missile and air defense systems.
  
  
• Putin About New Russian Cruise Missile, Warhead
  The active phase of testing of the new Russian missile system with heavy intercontinental missile Sarmat has started, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
  
  "We have started the development of the new generation of missiles. Particularly, the Defense Ministry together with the organizations of the aerospace industry has started an active phase of tests of the new missile system with a heavy intercontinental ballistic missile, which is called Sarmat. This missile system will substitute the Voevoda system, which was created in the Soviet Union," Putin said during his annual address to the parliament.
  
  "[The Sarmat missile's] weight is 200 tonnes. It has a short active flight phase, which complicates its interception by the anti-missile equipment," Putin continued.
  
  The president added that it would be possible to equip the new missile with nuclear warheads, including hypersonic ones.
  
  
• Russia Started Development of New Strategic Weapons - Putin
  The Russian president stated that Moscow has started developing new strategic weapons, which won't use ballistic flight paths.
  
  "We have started development of new strategic arms that do not use ballistic flight paths, while moving to targets, which means that the missile defense systems are useless in the struggle against them," Putin said.
  
  
• Putin on US Forces' Deployment, Relations With Washington
  As Putin explained, Russia is creating new defense systems in response to the US forces' deployment.
  
  The president stated that all Russia's suggestions on joint work have been rejected by the US side, specifying that Moscow has tried to persuade Washington not to violate the anti-missile defense treaty, but in vain.
  
  "We have long persuaded the Americans not to violate the ABM Treaty, not to undermine the strategic balance. Everything was in vain. In 2002, the United States unilaterally withdrew from this treaty but even after that we have tried for a long time to establish a constructive dialogue with it, offered to launch a joint work in this sphere to remove concern and keep the atmosphere of trust. At some moment, it seemed to me that the compromise can be found but no - all the proposals were declined," Putin said, addressing the Russian parliament.
  
  "The implementation of [the US] plans on the construction of global anti-missile system is underway and now all the agreements under the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty [New START] are being gradually devalued," the president added.
  
  "Now [let's talk about] the advanced systems of Russia's strategic weapons, which are created by us in response to the unilateral withdrawal of the United States from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and deployment of this system both in the United States and outside its borders," Putin said in his annual address to the Federal Assembly.
  
  The president added that following the US withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty Russia worked hard on promising strategic weapons and Russia had quite cheap but rather effective systems capable to evade missile defense systems.
  
  
• Putin on Syria, Defense Capabilities
  The Russian president stated that the country's Syrian operation showed the high-level capabilities of Russia's defense.
  
  "The whole world now knows the names of Russia's modern weapons," he stated, adding that the country has patched up the post-Soviet gaps in missile defense.
  
  "The Syrian operation has shown the increased capabilities of the Russian Armed Forces," Putin said in the annual presidential address to the Federal Assembly.
  
  Putin also noted "huge work" in strengthening the Russian army and fleet, which had been conducted over the past years.
  
  "A uniform radar location field of the missile attack alert system has been deployed along the perimeter of the Russian borders, which is very important. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, large holes have emerged in it, but everything is fixed currently," Putin said during the annual address to the parliament.
  
  As the president specified, the Russian Armed Forces adopted over 300 new pieces of military equipment over six years.
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his address to the country's Federal Assembly that other nations may catch up with Russia in terms of military equipment and weaponry, but no country would ever have such an officer as Maj. Roman Filipov, who heroically lost his life in Syria.
  
  "Equipment, weapons even the most modern ones will be acquired by other armies, we do not really care about it, we already have [this equipment and weapons] and they will be only better. The main point is that they would never have such people, officers as our pilot Maj. Roman Filipov," Putin stressed.
  
  Putin's words received a standing ovation.
  
  In early February, the Russian Su-25 jet piloted by Maj. Filipov was downed by a portable surface-to-air missile during an overflight of Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone. According to the ministry, the pilot was trying to keep the aircraft in the air until the crash and managed to report to the command that the jet had been hit.
  
  The ministry indicated that Maj. Filipov had landed in an area controlled by the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group (banned in Russia) and was fighting against the terrorists until his death.
  

 

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