Vladimir Putin: “But saving the Kyiv regime is not part of our plans.”

We must realize that the moment when nothing can be changed any longer may come very quickly and unexpectedly for everyone. The logic of escalating, increasingly harsh retaliatory measures leads to a fatal point of no return.

Such a high, even record, number of people who came out and voted shows that the people of Russia support our efforts aimed at strengthening the country.

I think it's another mistake, a serious one. And in my view it clearly runs counter to the interests of the German people.

If it comes to a direct attack on the Russian Federation – in this case, we are referring to Kaliningrad, and perhaps other territories as well — the question of the Russian Federation deploying all the weapons at our country’s disposal…