
<p><em>“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” &#8211; Sun Tzu</em></p>



<p>These are summarize points from Putin. I&#8217;m presenting this because you need to see the other side of the argument. Even if you don&#8217;t believe a word of it, you must understand that the Russian people, in large part, will. True or not, much of the world will respond to us by throwing this back at us. Be prepared.</p>



<p>Caveats:</p>



<p>1. I can&#8217;t guarantee it is an accurate translation/summary.</p>



<p>2. I can&#8217;t guarantee that Putin&#8217;s points are factual, reasonable or honest, and have no idea if he believes this or not.</p>



<p>3. I can&#8217;t tell you at the moment who his audience is intended to be.</p>



<p>4. I won&#8217;t at this time, attempt to make predictions or get into Putin&#8217;s head. </p>



<p>5. This is copied from a Telegram post, where I have found interesting posts and much reliable information in an uncensored environment. </p>



<p>Putin:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Residents of Donbass have been subjected to a real genocide for 8 years. Kiev ignored and sabotaged the Minsk agreements for 8 years, and at the end of 2021 publicly refused to implement them</li><li>Kiev&#8217;s desire to create nuclear weapons was a real threat. Kiev, with the help of the outside, could create a nuclear weapon, the target of which would be Russia</li><li>The operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine is developing successfully, strictly in accordance with plans. The tactics of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during a special military operation have fully justified themselves. Before the operation began, Moscow offered Kiev to withdraw troops from Donbass, but they refused</li><li>Everything is being done to avoid civilian casualties</li><li>The appearance of Russian troops near Kiev and other Ukrainian cities is not connected with the desire to occupy Ukraine, Russia has no such goal</li><li>Components of biological weapons were created near Russia on the territory of Ukraine</li><li>Kiev&#8217;s &#8220;Point U&#8221; strike on Donetsk on March 14 was a bloody terrorist attack. It looks like the fascists&#8217; attempts to allow as many victims as possible before defeat</li><li>Kiev&#8217;s offensive on Donbass and Crimea was only a matter of time, Russia prevented it</li><li>Western patrons are pushing Kiev to bloodshed by supplying weapons and mercenaries</li><li>If Russian troops had operated only in the Donbass, this would not have led to the elimination of the threat, a new front line would have been laid there</li><li>The Russian Federation had no other option to ensure its security, except for conducting a special military operation in Ukraine</li><li>Sanctions are a serious blow to the entire global economy</li><li>Citizens of Western countries are persistently trying to convince that Russia is to blame for the negative effect of sanctions &#8211; but this is all because of Western policy</li></ul>



<p>Putin continues:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Sanctions against the Russian Federation are hitting the Europeans and Americans themselves, there is no need to shift from a sick head to a healthy one. The whole planet has to pay for the ambitions of the West, the myth of the golden billion is collapsing</li><li>Russia, unlike Western countries, will respect the right of ownership</li><li>The US and the EU actually defaulted on their obligations to Russia, freezing its reserves &#8211; now everyone knows that the reserves of the state can simply be stolen</li><li>We now know who cowardly betrayed their partners and failed to fulfill obligations to employees</li><li>After blocking the accounts of the Russian Federation in the West, many countries will convert their reserves into goods, which will increase the deficit</li><li>Moscow is ready to discuss issues of principle for the Russian Federation and its future on the neutral status of Ukraine during negotiations</li><li>The policy of containing Russia is a long-term strategy of the West</li><li>Moscow will never allow Ukraine to serve as a springboard for threats against Russia</li><li>Western sanctions are a lesson for the national business of the Russian Federation. There is nothing more reliable than investing in your country</li><li>The struggle against everything Russian abroad resembles the anti-Semitic pogroms in nazi Germany. The empire of lies of the West is powerless against truth and justice, Russia will continue to bring its position to the whole world</li><li>Trying to &#8220;cancel&#8221; Russia, the West tore off all the masks of decency. Russians are denied medical care in the West</li><li>I do not condemn those who have a villa in Miami, who love foie gras &#8211; but there are those who want to be in the upper caste, to sit in the West, but they are only used</li><li>The people of Russia will be able to distinguish patriots from traitors, such a cleansing of society will only strengthen the country. The West is betting on the &#8220;fifth column&#8221; in Russia, trying to split society</li><li>Current events draw a line under the global dominance of the West in politics and economics</li></ul>



<p>Putin:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>The minimum wage, living wage, salaries of state employees, social benefits and pensions will be increased in the Russian Federation</li></ul>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>In the new realities, structural changes in the Russian economy are needed, they will lead to an increase in unemployment and inflation &#8211; the task of the authorities is to minimize them</li><li>The sanctions obsession of the United States and its supporters is not shared by the countries where more than half of the globe lives</li><li>The West failed to organize an economic blitzkrieg against the Russian Federation</li><li>In three weeks, additional consumer demand exceeded 1 trillion rubles, but manufacturers and suppliers made efforts to avoid a shortage</li><li>The government needs to ensure the work on social benefits so that when the situation in families changes, they automatically receive assistance</li><li>A decree on additional powers of governors has been signed, they will be able to make flexible operational decisions to support the economy and citizens, depending on local conditions</li><li>Private business should play a key role in overcoming the current problems in the Russian economy. It is necessary to respond to external pressure with maximum freedom and support for entrepreneurial initiative, supervisory authorities should reduce administrative barriers to business</li><li>We will fight for the right to be and remain Russia</li><li>It was instructed to increase the volume of advance payments under state contracts to the level of at least half of the contract amount</li><li>The task of reducing poverty in Russia remains</li><li>Exporters should not reduce production, but send goods to the domestic market, which will lead to lower prices</li><li>It is necessary to exclude manual intervention in prices, an increase in supply should lead to their stabilization</li><li>All payments of the regions on budget loans will be postponed, we will additionally index subsidies for budget alignment</li><li>The Central Bank will not need to print money, we have market revenues &#8211; the key difficulties are connected with the supply of components, equipment, building materials, with the organization of contractors&#8217; work</li><li>I instruct the FAS and the government to constantly monitor the situation with prices on the market</li><li>All payments planned for 2022 by the regions of the Russian Federation on budget loans will be postponed. The Ministry of Finance will additionally provide a credit line to each region of the Russian Federation in 10% of its income</li><li>All national development goals of the Russian Federation until 2030 must be achieved</li><li>It is possible to increase the volume of infrastructure loans in the Russian Federation</li><li>The Russian Federation will pass the current test with dignity, as it has always been in the thousand-year history of the country</li><li>The Russian economy has all the resources to solve long-term problems, and current challenges should only mobilize the country</li><li>The decree &#8220;On measures to ensure socio-economic stability and protection of the population in the Russian Federation&#8221; was signed</li><li>The heads of the regions were instructed to take comprehensive measures to ensure socio-economic stability</li></ul>

Speech from Putin – Yes, You Have to Know the Other Side
