Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a speech today at Gostiny Dvor in Moscow in front of the joint chamber of the State Duma and the Federation Council. They listened to him Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Deputy Chairman of the National Security Council Dmitry Medvedev and Patriarch Kirill.
The Kremlin leader’s speech lasted 115 minutes, most of which was devoted to criticism of the West. Much media attention was drawn to the reaction of those from Putin’s close circle, who did not hide their fatigue during his “grand speech” to the nation: several high-ranking officials were caught yawning and were clearly showing signs of fatigue. Some are asleep. Their photos have been circulating the world media for several hours. This situation has not gone unnoticed by Polish commentators.
People who couldn’t shake off their tiredness during long speeches were even seen in some excerpts from live coverage of Russian state media.
What’s more, when the speech finally ended and the Russian national anthem blared from the loudspeakers, it was also apparent that many of Putin’s listeners did not sing along.
“Images of bored and disgruntled officials watching their presidential memory scene in September when Putin gave another lengthy speech announcing that Russia had annexed four territories in eastern and southern Ukraine – even though Russia did not exercise complete control over any of them ,” commented The Daily Mail report entitled “World Snore 3” (III World Snore).
Vladimir Putin’s speech
In a speech delivered to the Federal Assembly today, Putin saidthat before returning to discussions on START, Russia “needs to agree on how to carry out inspections of the French and British nuclear arsenals.”
The Russian president said that a week ago he signed a decree on putting the ground-based missile complexes of the Strategic Nuclear Forces into combat readiness.
— The US and NATO openly say their goal is the strategic defeat of Russia. And then they will walk around our defense facilities, including the newest ones, as if nothing had happened. A week ago, I signed a decree to introduce a new ground-based strategic system into battle. They’re going to stick their nose in there too and think it’s so easy that we let them in? – he asked.
“Reader. Future teen idol. Falls down a lot. Amateur communicator. Incurable student.”
