President Vladimir Putin addressed a rally in Moscow Wednesday to mark the one-year anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, saying that any attempt from abroad to make life difficult for his country is a “futile pursuit.”
“Of course, we will overcome, and are overcoming, all the problems and difficulties they try to throw at us from outside,” the Russian president told the crowd, estimated by the Moscow police at around 90,000 people.
Also Wednesday, Putin opened a Kremlin meeting on Crimea’s socio-economic development by saying he wanted “to congratulate once again” all Crimeans and Russian citizens for Crimea’s accession to …read more
Source: Voice of America
