
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russians are strong and courageous people who understand what is happening around the country and that they cannot be intimidated or defeated, drawing this conclusion after observing the queues at polling stations during the elections to the ninth State Duma.
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The statement was made after a meeting with the leadership of political parties and in the context of monitoring the elections to the State Duma of the ninth convocation.
Vladimir Putin said that Russians are strong and courageous people who understand what is happening around the country.
Putin met with the leadership of political parties and noted the strong qualities of Russians, looking at the queues at polling stations during the elections to the State Duma of the ninth convocation.
MOSCOW, September 28 - RIA Novosti. Russians are strong and courageous people, they understand what is happening around the country, said Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Putin met with the leadership of political parties on Monday.
“When I looked at the queues at the polling stations on the TV screens, I was once again convinced that our people are strong, courageous, literate, everyone understands perfectly well what is happening around Russia. And it became clear that it would not be possible to intimidate such people and defeat such people, such a country is impossible, and therefore victory will certainly be ours,” the Russian leader said.

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