Originally Posted by JohnBurns
Originally Posted by kingston
Originally Posted by JohnBurns
Your unverified single page is litterally from RTR Russian TV and how does it prove anything? the speech was 50 minutes long and your unverified single page was less than a 5 minute read. You need to read a book about critical thinking.

Here are multiple more cites for the quote from Putin.

Putin Laments

The Demise

Fox News Agrees with John

washinton Times agrees with John

Global Sec agrees with John

I could keep going but you get the point, hopefully.

I specifically chose an archived transcript of Putin's 2005 speech from a reputable US source. The FAS, based in Washington, D.C. is The Federation of American Scientists. It was founded in 1945 by scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project to develop the first atomic bombs. The Federation of American Scientists aims to reduce the amount of nuclear weapons that are in use, and prevent nuclear and radiological terrorism. It is not related to "RTR Russian TV" in any way.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_American_Scientists

Below is the Kremlin's official transcript of Putin's 2005 State of the Nation speech.

http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/22931
You're welcome to compare these two translations. You might also look at additional translations of this speech and comparative analyses of them.


First it's RTR Russia TV and now it's the Kremlin.

From your supposed transcript of a 50 minute speech. Bottom of the page.

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Source: RTR Russia TV, via BBC Monitoring




The speech was originally broadcast on RTR Russian TV.

BBC Monitoring is responsible for the translation.

That's how it works.


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