Putin promises 'victories' for Russia at star-studded rally
Source: Agence France-Presse
3 MAR 2018
President Vladimir Putin on Saturday promised "victories" for Russia at a star-studded rally attended by tens of thousands of supporters ahead of a March 18 election he is all but certain to win.
Olympic athletes, celebrities and cosmonauts had taken to the stage to voice their support for Putin, who has ruled Russia for almost two decades and is seeking to extend his Kremlin term to 2024.
"We want our country to be bright and looking to the future, for our children and grandchildren...we will do everything we can for them to be happy," he told the cheering crowd at Moscow's Luzhniki stadium.
"Nobody else will do this for us. And if we do this, the coming decade and the whole 21st century will be marked by our bright victories," he said.
Read more: https://www.afp.com/en/news/15/putin-promises-victories-russia-star-studded-rally-doc-11q8uz2
dalton99a
(81,704 posts)underpants
(183,010 posts)Trump loooooved hanging out with celebrities but now he's a pariah. A shunned man.
Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)That's a pretty obvious threat, if I've ever heard one.
keithbvadu2
(37,040 posts)Russians celebrated their victory in America.
"It turns out that United Russia won the elections in America," Viktor Nazarov, the governor of Omsk, Russia, declared in a radio interview.
http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/news/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/news/world/make-russia-great-again-if-trump-lifts-sanctions-putin-could-finally-establish-his-country-as-an-equal-to-u-s&pubdate=2016-12-03
Red Mountain
(1,739 posts)Farmer-Rick
(10,240 posts)Everything except reduce pollution levels, allow real elections or reduce the massive corruption engulfing the country. But everything else is up for grabs. Oh and they'll keep Putin in office for life. Cause he's behind most of the massive corruption.
DFW
(54,503 posts)What greater victory for Russia could any Kremlin leader ever dream of?