Vladimir Putin: “This vote is for you. People believe in you, believe in our victory, believe in your courage, in your heroism.”

Can we be certain that these weapons will never be used? Well, of course not. We must bear this in mind and avoid such an outcome.

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.

At the heart of this escalation lie arrogance and overconfidence. This is a path to the brink of the abyss.

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…