Putin Speaks at EEF: Operation in Ukraine, Grain Deal, Europe’s ‘Wolf’s Tail’

“Russia has lost nothing and will lose nothing as a result of its military operation in Ukraine, but on the contrary, has enhanced its sovereignty, as the polarization around the world and within the country will bring about some benefits,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) on Wednesday.

Vladimir Putin, who in contrast to his last year’s speech focused on international issues, stated that Russia is coping with the aggression of the West, whose stability was thrown into “the furnace of sanctions,” and slammed the Istanbul grain deal as “outrageous deceit.”