INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
President Vladimir Putin sought to use his end-of-year press conference to convince Russians and the world that he is confident in himself,
event, Putin, 71, appeared to be going through the motions, feigning reactions and avoiding uncomfortable questions, highlighting the
using a nickname for Putin often heard within the walls of the Russian government
officials told The Moscow Times that they did not watch the live broadcast but instead followed along through updates on the messaging app
And the format itself, where he rushes through figures and facts, is already overused
drone attacks on military and civilian facilities inside Russia.As a result, the Kremlin needed to make up for the embarrassments of 2022
this issue and the fact that the Kremlin still lacks a response to it was publicly confirmed Thursday by a pro-Kremlin
mutiny and death in a plane crash, media censorship, or the persecution of anti-war figures, The Moscow Times learned from its
sources.Neither Navalny nor Prigozhin were brought up at Thursday's press conference
But to give the impression that there were no off-limits topics, the Kremlin brought back a tried-and-true method: several critical
the press conference told The Moscow Times
