Putin focuses on social issues in annual address
By Ren Qi | China Daily | Updated: 2019-02-21 07:22
Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his annual presidential address to the country's Federal Assembly legislators in Moscow on Wednesday, emphasized the importance of domestic development this year.
The address is one of the most important annual events in the Russian presidential schedule. The practice was introduced by former president Boris Yeltsin, who first addressed the assembly in 1994.
In this year's speech, Putin stressed the importance of the country's economy.
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