According to the researcher, the Russian president’s speech to the Federal Assembly will include praise of the “special operation” and a possible promise of new social benefits.
President of Russia Vladimir Putin is expected to deliver a state of the nation address today.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov according to the state-controlled news agency, Putin will discuss a “special operation” in his speech that affects everyone’s life Tass (you switch to another service) on Sunday.
Putin will also discuss “the current situation, including the economy and society”, reported the Russian state news agency Interfax (you switch to another service) earlier this month.
Putin promises benefits to the people
Program director of the Institute for Foreign Policy Arkady Moshes according to Putin will at least paint a picture of a normal situation, where it is only about a “special operation”, not a war.
– He may be talking about the upcoming elections, but as a very normal thing, Moshes estimates.
According to Moshes, it is expected that Putin will promise some social benefit to compensate for the losses. In the past, restrictions in society have been tolerated when the economic situation has remained stable.
– Now everything is a bit more dangerous and the stakes have increased when it comes to the lives of loved ones, says Moshes.
It is expected that Putin will talk about the good sides of the “special operation” and explain why the operation was necessary.
Putin is also presumably talking about freeing the Russians of the Donbas region from “nationalist or Nazi rule”.
In the past, Putin has spoken of getting a land connection to the Crimean peninsula and the taking over of the cities of Melitopol and Mariupol as successes, writes the British Broadcasting Company BBC (switch to another service).
According to Moshes, the peace agreement should not be discussed yet, because at this point it would be ceding territories to Ukraine, which would show weakness.
Putin leaves this unaddressed
Putin’s mistakes in the Ukraine war hardly come up.
Putin promised a year ago to “liberate Ukraine”, but this did not happen. During the year, Russia lost the territories it had conquered in northeastern and southern Ukraine.
The BBC counts as failures, for example, Russia’s withdrawal from Kherson, the losses of the Makijivka missile strike and the sinking of the Moskva ship.
According to Moshes, it is clear that losses and mistakes will not be discussed in the speech.
– He doesn’t talk about losses. About the true price of everything for the Russian economy and people, says Moshes.
People are leaving Russia and the economic development looks bad this year.
– He never admits his mistakes, he just pushes forward promising that success will eventually come, says Moshes.
It is also pointless to wait for the announcement of a broader motion, because the previous one was never decided.
Independent Russian media Meduzan (you switch to another service) according to, several different explanations have been seen for the prolongation of the motion proposal.
– Recruitment agencies continue to hire people, because citizens want to participate in the military operation, said the presidential administration, according to Meduza.
Putin is speaking at the Russian Federation Assembly, which covers both chambers of the Russian parliament: the upper house, or Federation Council, and the lower house, or Duma.
Putin will deliver his speech just three days before the anniversary of the Russian invasion. Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022.