“We firmly and consistently defended our national interests,” Putin declared in a New Year’s speech.

President Vladimir Putin assured in his New Year’s speech that Russia had “firmly” defended its interests in 2021, a year marked by an unprecedented repression of the opposition internal and growing tension with the West.

“We firmly and consistently defended our national interests, the security of the country and the citizens,” said the leader in a televised speech.

The broadcast was broadcast at midnight in Kamchatka, a peninsula located in the extreme east of the country, and collected by Russian agencies.

In a domestic key, 2021 has been characterized by an unprecedented persecution of the internal protest, starting with the incarceration of the opponent Alexéi Navalni in February.

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At the same time, the tensions between Russia and the West they are at a high level due to the situation in Ukraine.

The head of the Kremlin, in power since 1999, also expressed his support for Russians who lost loved ones to COVID-19. Your country is among the most affected in the world for the pandemic.

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“I want to express my sincere support to all those who have lost family, loved ones, friends,” he added.

Russia’s state statistics agency reported Thursday that more than 71,000 people died of coronavirus in the country in November, rmonthly record of deaths since the pandemic began.

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Putin also told the Russians that Moscow’s “main goal” for the future is “improve people’s well-being and quality of life”.

Russia celebrates the New Year in its 11 time zones, starting in Kamchatka and ending in the western enclave of Kaliningrad. (I)