Vladimir Putin will be questioned at length by Russian and international media on Thursday about the political and military crisis shaking Europe's security balance.
During this annual marathon press conference, starting at 10:00 CET (12:00 local time), he will also be expected to discuss the repression of the Russian opposition over the past year, the grim human toll of the pandemic in the country and economic difficulties.
As the 30th anniversary of the dissolution of the USSR approaches — the "greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century" according to Putin — the Russian leader has considerably hardened his tone over the past few weeks towards his Western rivals and neighbouring Ukraine, to the point of raising fears of an armed
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