ECONOMIC CRISIS?
Asked about Russia’s economic woes, Putin paraphrased the US writer Mark Twain, saying that ‘rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated’
AFP, SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday ruled out meeting his Ukrainian counterpart any time soon, a day after Volodymyr Zelenskiy called for a sit-down between the leaders to end the four-year war. Speaking at an economic forum in his home city of Saint Petersburg, Putin said he saw “no point” in meeting Zelenskiy until a possible peace deal had been agreed. Zelenskiy hit back saying the Russian leader was “weak” and “choosing war again.”
Teenagers lie on the grass in Kyiv on Friday amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
