Donetsk, Dec 14 — DAN. The national economy’s safety margin is “sufficient to not merely feel confident but to go ahead,” President Vladimir Putin said in the course of his Direct Line question and answer session with Russian citizens and a big press conference with journalists.
The safety margin leans on several components, the president said. “The first, and this is the most important, is high consolidation of the Russian society. The second is resilience of the financial and economic system of the country. It turned out that it was a surprise for our so-called 'partners' and, frankly speaking, for many of us that Russia accumulated this safety and stability margin in finance and the economy over past decades,” he said.
The third factor is the “buildup of capabilities of Russia’s power component: armed forces and security authorities,” Putin said. *jk