In his highly anticipated year-end speech, Russian President Vladimir Putin faces explosive questions on a range of critical issues, including the ongoing war in Ukraine, the controversial Oreshnik case, NATO’s expansion, and the potential implications of Donald Trump’s political future. During this live address, Putin tackles tough queries on Russia's military strategy, its geopolitical challenges, and the country’s stance on the West. As tensions rise and global scrutiny intensifies, this speech promises to offer key insights into Putin’s plans for the upcoming year and his responses to growing international pressure. Don’t miss this moment of high-stakes diplomacy and defiant rhetoric.
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00:00Mikhail Petrov, TASS Editor-in-Chief.
00:03Before asking the question, Mr. President,
00:05I would like to thank you.
00:07This year, TASS is celebrating 120 years.
00:10We're the oldest information agency of the country.
00:14This year, in August, you have signed a decree
00:17to award the Order of Honorable Labor to our institution,
00:24and I would like to thank you for this.
00:26This is a high evaluation of our work.
00:30As for the question,
00:33I think it concerns everyone today, I guess.
00:38When, during the Great Patriotic War,
00:40TASS were relaying the information from the front,
00:43I think it happened the same way as our guys
00:46are now working in the Special Military Operations Zone.
00:49They're also worried about that.
00:51What is your take on the course of the Special Military
00:54Operation that's been going on for three years now?
00:58Is the victory any closer now?
01:03Naturally, I have expected such questions.
01:08There are many of them.
01:13As for the incoming questions that were coming in the past days
01:16and moreover, I would like to thank you for this.
01:20It gives us a chance to show what we're doing there,
01:27what's happening and what our guys
01:29are doing at the line of engagement.
01:34You know, the servicemen whom I talk to regularly,
01:39they're giving some souvenirs to me.
01:43They're giving me their shoulder patches and so on,
01:47and sometimes weapons as a souvenir.
01:53And quite recently, the servicemen of 155th
02:00Marine Brigade gave me a copy of their military flag,
02:07a banner, and we'd like to ask, can we ask someone to help?
02:12Could you please come up here?
02:14Yes, yes, please, please.
02:17And someone on this side as well.
02:22So, I have a request for you.
02:24Please stand over there and you over here,
02:29and please unfold the banner.
02:33On the other way around, the marines of the Pacific Fleet,
02:40I took it with me for a reason.
02:43Number one, I wanted to thank the guys for this gift.
02:51Second, let's think that this is 155th Marine Brigade
03:00represents all military banners of our guys
03:04fighting right now for Russia,
03:06for the motherland throughout the line of engagement.
03:13I have to say that the situation is changing drastically.
03:17You know it very well. I just wanted to confirm that.
03:20We see movement all along the front line every day.
03:24And as I have already said,
03:27it's not about moving 100 or 200 or 300 meters ahead.
03:32Our military men are regaining the territory
03:36by square kilometers every day.
03:39That's what I wanted to highlight.
03:41Why is it happening?
03:43First and foremost, throughout the last year,
03:46and this is a classic scenario of military warfare.
03:51First, the enemy is going at you.
03:55He's been defeated.
03:57He incurs losses in personnel and equipment,
04:02and then we start moving forward.
04:04That's what's happening. Warfare is complicated.
04:08Therefore, it's hard to think ahead
04:10and to foretell the future, but we are moving forward.
04:14And as I said, we are getting closer
04:17to solving our primary tasks that we have outlined
04:20at the beginning of the special military operation.
04:25As for our men and women in uniform,
04:27and I will continue repeating that
04:30because I have every reason to say that.
04:33They're acting as heroes.
04:36The capacity of our armed forces are increasing.
04:40Right now, we see the banner of 150th Brigade.
04:50It's fighting in the Kursk region.
04:53It's pushing the enemy away from our territory.
04:56They're not alone.
04:59810th Pacific Fleet Brigade,
05:0376th and 106th Division of paratroopers,
05:13the shooting regiment of the North Caucasus,
05:16the modernized brigade, everyone is working there as heroes.
05:21Right now, they're fighting, and let's wish all of them,
05:24everyone who is fighting in the Kursk region
05:28all along the line of engagement,
05:30we wish them good luck, victory,
05:32and for them to return home safely.
05:38Mr. President, you have recently signed the amendments
05:43to the nuclear doctrine.
05:45Do you think the signal has been received
05:48and understood in the West?
05:50I don't know. You should ask them.
05:53I know what the amendments are.
05:57The doctrine is not new,
06:00but the amendments are somewhat new.
06:04I'll tell you about the key changes.
06:07We talk about the new emerging military threats
06:10that can turn into military threats,
06:13like the emergence of anti-missile systems
06:16and several other factors,
06:18and they're all named in the doctrine.
06:20We also speak about raising the responsibility
06:23of non-nuclear states that might participate
06:27in an aggression against the Russian Federation,
06:30together with those countries
06:31that are in possession of nuclear weapons.
06:35And if this country is just like their allies,
06:39create any threat to Russia's sovereignty
06:42or to the very existence of Russia,
06:44then we believe we have the right
06:48to use our nuclear weapons against them.
06:51And there is another component,
06:54which is also related to managing our military arsenal.
07:00The fourth thing, we have made an announcement.
07:05We've made an announcement that if similar threats
07:09are created to our allies,
07:11to the member of the Union State of Russia
07:13and Belarus to Belarus,
07:15namely, then Russia is going to view that
07:18in the same light as creating similar threats to Russia.
07:23So, we're going to do everything in our power
07:26to ensure Belarus' security.
07:29This is something we're doing in coordination
07:33and with the consent of the President of Belarus,
07:39Alexander Lukashenko.
07:41I think this is a very important component
07:42of Russia's updated nuclear doctrine.
07:46Constantin Kokovashnikov, Zvezda TV channel.
07:50I have to ask you about the statements
07:52we've been hearing from you over the last several weeks.
07:58You spoke about the first military test of Oreshnik.
08:02It seems as if it is a perfect weapon,
08:05even though in the West it's still dubbed
08:07as a modification of an old Soviet missile,
08:11saying that the air defense system can bring it down
08:15even at the moment of launch.
08:19Can you comment on that?
08:20And what about the sense behind the name of this Oreshnik?
08:24Because there are different theories
08:25as to why it received this name.
08:28First, whether that is an old weapon or new weaponry,
08:33it's a cutting-edge type of weapon.
08:39Of course, anything that is being done anywhere
08:42is based upon previous achievements,
08:44and then we make a step forward.
08:47And the same thing applies to Oreshnik.
08:50Yes, there were certain developments in the past,
08:54some of them dating back to the new Russian history.
08:58And based on that groundwork,
09:00our researchers and scientists have been thinking
09:03what else they can do.
09:04They talked to the client, namely the Defense Ministry,
09:10and it was even brought up to my level.
09:13And I weighed in on the final decision
09:16on whether this new missile has to be produced
09:20and in what volume.
09:22This is a new weaponry, short-range
09:27and intermediate-range missile.
09:29You said that several experts in the West
09:33believe that it can be easily intercepted and destroyed,
09:37especially at the moment of launch.
09:41What can I say to these experts?
09:44The thing is there are different types of air-defense systems,
09:48because you should know that there are Patriot
09:52air-defense systems, which there are also THAD systems.
10:01I don't know whether they have those in Ukraine.
10:04Maybe if Americans want, they can supply those systems.
10:09Let them. It's similar to our S-400,
10:12whereas the Patriot is more or less like S-300,
10:18whereas this new one, high-altitude air-defense system
10:24is more or less like S-400.
10:27Let them do that.
10:28And we'll ask our guys in Ukraine to find some good solutions.
10:42Well, when I say our guys, I say that without irony,
10:47because there are those we can talk to in Ukraine,
10:50because there are many people in Ukraine
10:52who are dreaming of building their country
10:57of this neo-Nazi regime.
11:00But the thing is THAD is basically an anti-missile system.
11:09And for many years before, we had been asking the Americans
11:12not to deploy those systems.
11:14Otherwise, we would have to find systems
11:19that would allow us to penetrate those systems.
11:22We had to come up with the Vanguard system,
11:26which is kind of a cruise missile,
11:28which follows the landscape without going too high.
11:34So, basically, all of that is only leading to new expenses,
11:39especially for American taxpayers,
11:42without giving anything in return.
11:45That said, this system has been developed and deployed.
11:54There are two positions in Romania and in Poland,
11:58and there are 24 anti-missiles deployed there.
12:04I think they're called Standard 3 in Romania.
12:10It's the 1B modification with a 300-kilometer range,
12:19and it can intercept missiles
12:21at 80 to 250 kilometers of altitude.
12:24In Poland, there is a newer modification.
12:27It can intercept as far as 1,000 kilometers
12:33and at the altitude of up to 500 kilometers,
12:36whereas Oreshnik is an intermediate-range missile
12:40and it's 1,000 up to 5,500 kilometers.
12:46That's the range of Oreshnik.
12:48Now, just imagine, our system is deployed 2,000 kilometers away.
12:59Even if the anti-missile is deployed in Poland,
13:04it's not going to be able to intercept.
13:07They say that the missile is very vulnerable
13:10at the launching stage,
13:13but they won't be able to intercept those missiles so far.
13:21Moreover, the launching sites are protected.
13:26Moreover, it takes time for the anti-missile
13:29to get to the missile, but it takes several seconds,
13:32and then it's too late to catch or to intercept it.
13:36So, there is — yeah, before the separation.
13:41So, there is no chance that the missile
13:43is going to be brought down by the anti-missiles.
13:46So, if the experts in the West think so,
13:51well, let them come up with a proposal to us and to the U.S.
13:57They can suggest kind of a technological experiment,
14:02kind of a high-tech fighting duel of the 21st century.
14:06They can designate a target, say, in Kiev.
14:11They can concentrate all of their air defense
14:14and anti-missile defense there,
14:16and we will strike it with Oreshnik,
14:19and we'll see what's going to happen.
14:21We are willing to conduct such an experiment.
14:24What about the other side? Are they ready?
14:27Well, we understand all of their anti-missile
14:33and anti-air defense systems are on high alert.
14:36They're ready.
14:37But, you know, what I've just told you
14:39is what I have learned from our engineers,
14:42from our scientists.
14:45And, of course, the American political leadership
14:47also get their information from their experts.
14:50So, let's conduct this duel and look at the outcome.
14:53It's going to be interesting because it's going to be useful
14:55both to us and to the American side.
14:59My question is, are you prepared to compromise
15:04in any way over Ukraine?
15:05You say that Kiev should compromise,
15:08that the Ukrainians should compromise,
15:10but what are you prepared to offer in potential negotiations
15:16potentially led by President-elect Trump?
15:20Frankly speaking, I haven't seen President Arthur yet
15:23after he came to Moscow, but I plan to do so.
15:28And I will have a conversation with him.
15:31We are adults. We understand 12 years ago,
15:35a person went missing in Syria, 12 years ago.
15:40We understand what situation was in place 12 years ago.
15:45Active hostilities were ongoing from both parts,
15:47from both sides.
15:49Does President Arthur himself know
15:51what happened to that U.S. citizen,
15:54to the journalist who performed his journalist duties
15:58in the combat area?
16:01But nonetheless, I do promise
16:03that I will ask this question to him.
16:08We can ask the same question to those people
16:11who are controlling the situation
16:13on the ground in Syria today.
16:15You asked what we can offer or I can offer
16:21to the President-elect Trump when we meet.
16:25I do not know when we are going to meet
16:28because he does not speak about that.
16:31I haven't spoken to him for more than four years now.
16:35I am prepared for that conversation at any time.
16:39I will be prepared to hold a meeting as well
16:41if he so desires.
16:42You said that this conversation will take place
16:45where I'll be in a weakened state.
16:49Dear colleague, well, I'm saying dear
16:52and distinguished colleague,
16:53because though despite all persecutions of our media,
16:58Russian media, you are allowed to work here freely.
17:01Isn't that good already to you
17:04and to the people who pay your salary in the United States?
17:07We'd really like to have you here.
17:10We'd really like for Russia to be in a weakened state.
17:17I'm of a different opinion.
17:18I think that Russia became much stronger
17:22over the past two or three years.
17:24Why? Because we are becoming a truly sovereign country.
17:33We are largely independent of any country.
17:36We are prepared to stand our own in terms of economy
17:41as for the economic growth rate, I have already spoken.
17:46We're strengthening our defense capacity.
17:51Our combat readiness of the armed forces today,
17:55and I'm speaking very confidently here,
17:58is at the highest, is ranked the highest in the world.
18:04The same applies to our defense industry.
18:07We're increasing the production of everything
18:09that's necessary for the army and the fleet,
18:13both for today and for tomorrow.
18:16We're doing that very confidently, actively.
18:22The same cannot be said about our adversaries.
18:26We already spoke about the success of our armed forces.
18:30This happens largely due to the increase
18:39in production of defense industry,
18:41the output of defense industry of Russia.
18:44As I have said, we're doing that confidently
18:47and in a streamlined fashion.
18:53I spoke about the movement forward of our army
18:56at the line of engagement.
18:59How is this achieved?
19:00It is achieved by the presence of equipment
19:02that I have already mentioned.
19:06Yes, indeed, almost all of NATO countries
19:08are fighting against us.
19:10We spoke about our inflation rate,
19:12but what's happening over there?
19:15One shell of 155 millimeters,
19:20it used to cost, a year ago, about 2,000 euro.
19:24Now it costs 8,000 euros.
19:27The price has increased fourfold.
19:30The hostilities continue at the same tempo.
19:35Not only 2% of the budget for defense,
19:41which was always done at the insistence
19:42of the President-elect Trump,
19:46will be enough for NATO countries.
19:48Even 3% won't be enough.
19:53The training, combat readiness,
19:58the morale of the Russian army
20:02is at such point right now
20:04that is unparalleled by any army in the world.
20:10Therefore, I believe to a great extent,
20:15Russia today is in such a state
20:19that we have been trying to achieve.
20:21It has become stronger.
20:23It has become a truly sovereign country.
20:27And we'll make decisions
20:28without taking anyone's opinion into account.
20:31We'll follow only our national interests.
20:34Now, to be frank,
20:39I have not met President Assad yet
20:41after his arrival to Moscow.
20:46But I have such plans.
20:48I will speak to him for sure.
20:50You mentioned Syria.
20:52You and those who pay your salary
20:54would like to present everything
20:57that's happening in Syria
20:58as a shortcoming or a defeat of Russia.
21:00I'd like to assure you that is not so.
21:04And I'll tell you why.
21:07We have come to Syria 10 years ago.
21:11So in order to prevent the creation
21:14of a terroristic enclave,
21:16the Russian army has come to Syria.
21:18To prevent the creation of a terroristic enclave,
21:22the likes of which we've seen in other countries,
21:24for example, in Afghanistan.
21:26In general, we have achieved our goal.
21:29Even those groups that used to fight
21:32with the Assad regime, with the governmental forces,
21:36they have evolved as well.
21:38It is for a reason that today,
21:40many European countries and the United States
21:43would like to establish relations with them.
21:45If they are a terrorist organization,
21:47how come you're trying to do that?
21:50Then that means that they have changed.
21:54That means that to a certain extent,
21:57our goal has been achieved.
22:00We did not have ground troops in Syria.
22:03They simply were not there.
22:04We have two military bases there,
22:07an air base and a naval base.
22:12The ground operation consisted of the troops
22:17of the Syria itself and of some,
22:19and it's an open secret,
22:21of certain pro-Iranian paramilitary forces.
22:28We have returned the troops of special operation forces.
22:34We have withdrawn them from there.
22:37But what was happening at the time
22:39when the groups of armed opposition came close to Aleppo?
22:44Aleppo was defended by about 30,000 people.
22:48350 fighters entered the city.
22:52The governmental troops,
22:54as well as so-called pro-Iranian units,
22:59have left the city without fighting.
23:01They've blown up their positions and just left.
23:06The same happened with some exemptions.
23:10There were some hostilities there,
23:11but the same happened all around Syria.
23:15Previously, our Iranian friends used to ask us
23:18to provide transportation for their units in Syria.
23:22Now they've asked to withdraw their units.
23:25We have transported out 4,000 Iranian fighters
23:30to Tehran from Khmeimim base.
23:35A part of so-called pro-Iranian units
23:37left without fighting to Lebanon, part of them to Iraq.
23:41Today, the situation is quite complicated
23:48if we're talking about Syria.
23:51We expect and hope that the peace and calm will come there.
23:56We have established relations with all groups
24:00that control the situation on the ground
24:02and with all countries in the region.
24:05And the majority of them are telling us
24:07that they have an interest in Syria.
24:10For our military bases in Syria to remain in place,
24:15we need to think about it
24:17because we need to decide for ourselves
24:22what will be the relations,
24:23our relations with those forces
24:25that are controlling the situation right now
24:27and who are going to control it in the future.
24:32Our interests should coincide.
24:34If we are to stay there,
24:35we must be doing something in the interest
24:37of the side who is doing there.
24:40What would be such interest?
24:41What could we do for them?
24:43This is a question that requires accurate
24:46and painstaking working through.
24:48But now, even now, we can do something
24:51using these bases as well.
24:53And we have proposed that to our partners already,
24:56those partners who are on the territory of Syria
24:59and in the neighboring countries.
25:01We have proposed that we can use the air base of Khmeimim
25:05to deliver humanitarian aid to Syria.
25:10This was accepted with an understanding
25:12and with a desire to organize this joint work.
25:16The same applies to the Tartus naval base.
25:21Whoever would like to present Russia as a weakened
25:26and as you're an American,
25:27I would like to remind you of a well-known writer
25:31and a person who said at a certain time,
25:35the rumors of my death are much exaggerated.
25:41Mr. President, good day.
25:42My name is Juan He.
25:44I represent Tsinghua News Agency.
25:47So glad to ask a question today,
25:50to be able to ask a question.
25:51I have two questions.
25:53The first one, what is your take on the current state
25:56of the development of the Chinese-Russian relations?
25:59Will you tell us about the main outcomes
26:04of the cooperation between our countries?
26:06And my second question, next year,
26:09China and Russia will mark 80th anniversary
26:12of the victory in World War II,
26:1580th anniversary since the United Nations were founded.
26:23According to your opinion,
26:26what is the role of interaction and coordination
26:29between China and Russia
26:31in maintaining global strategic stability
26:36and international justice?
26:39Thank you very much.
26:42Well, we speak a lot about the bilateral interaction
26:46of China and Russia next year,
26:48will mark 70th anniversary
26:51since the diplomatic ties were established.
26:54Over the past years, a lot happened
26:57and we've gone through a lot together.
27:00And in the recent decades,
27:02the level and the standards,
27:03the quality of our relations
27:08have reached an unprecedented level
27:10and we've never seen in our history before.
27:13I'll mention the economic component,
27:15but this is built on mutual trust and confidence.
27:20All that we do and the way we act
27:24is built upon full trust and confidence on both sides.
27:29We do nothing that would run counter to our interests
27:33and we have been acting in the interests
27:36of the Chinese people and the Russian people.
27:40And as regards economic interaction,
27:46well, we have 220, 230, or even 40,
27:49according to the Chinese statistics,
27:51of a billion USD of mutual trade,
27:56which is very good over the past year,
27:59despite the high base.
28:02We still have seen a moderate pace of growth
28:05of about 3%.
28:08And my second point is about investments.
28:11We have around 600 projects of mutual investments
28:16to the tune of $200 billion,
28:18so which means that our future interaction is safeguarded.
28:22And another important component
28:24is cultural and humanitarian interaction.
28:29We hold dual years of culture and youth exchanges
28:36that are very important
28:37for specific cohorts of our population.
28:41And this is the foundation
28:43for economic and political interaction.
28:47Also, our regional interaction is of significance.
28:51I've had the regions speak to one another in Malta
28:56and vodka is on the table,
28:58but they know the happy medium.
29:04They don't overkill.
29:05So they have some personal chemistry.
29:07I mean, the residents of the regions, neighboring regions,
29:12and the student and the university exchanges
29:15also take place.
29:17Then mentioning the great patriotic war,
29:21Russia and China were the countries
29:23that suffered most during the Second World War,
29:27but still gained a victory.
29:32So the casualties were colossal.
29:35We lost 25 or 27 million people,
29:38and China lost even more,
29:41around 30 million people in casualties.
29:44So the things that the Japanese militarists
29:48did on Chinese land are horrendous, were horrendous.
29:52And the Chinese people went through that ordeal,
29:55and we stood side by side then,
29:58and we stand side by side now,
30:01which is a most important factor of global stability.
30:07And originally, the United Nations was established
30:16for the sake of this stability
30:18and the Permanent Security Council members
30:21include Russia and China,
30:23and we almost always coordinate our approaches
30:28on international arena.
30:30And definitely this is a very important pillar
30:35of international affairs.
30:37So we'll keep acting in this vein.
30:41Please convey my best wishes to the leader
30:45of the People's Republic of China,
30:48a person whom I believe to be my personal friend.
30:50A question about the assassination of General Kirillov.
30:54Okay, you have a question.
30:56The assassination of General Kirillov.
30:59Okay, you said it was an attempt.
31:03Thank you for saying this,
31:06because indirectly you admitted
31:08that it was a terrorist attack.
31:10Why is that?
31:11Because this assassination was carried out
31:15in the way that is dangerous for many other people.
31:18The Kiev regime were carrying out such attacks
31:28against many people like now in Kursk
31:30where they are attacking,
31:32implementing strikes against civilians
31:35and they were killing journalists, your colleagues.
31:39They were carrying out terrorist attacks against journalists.
31:42We have never once heard,
31:44I don't mean you personally,
31:47but I mean the Western media.
31:50We have never heard condemnation for such terrorist attacks.
31:55So thank you for mentioning this now.
31:59A question about the assassination of General Kirillov.
32:02Okay, you said it was an attempt.
32:07Thank you for saying this,
32:09because indirectly you admitted
32:11that it was a terrorist attack.
32:13Why is that?
32:14Because this assassination was carried out
32:18in the way that is dangerous for many other people.
32:28The Kiev regime were carrying out such attacks
32:31against many people like now in Kursk
32:33where they are attacking,
32:35implementing strikes against civilians
32:39and they were killing journalists, your colleagues.
32:42They were carrying out terrorist attacks
32:45against journalists.
32:46We have never once heard,
32:47I'm not, I don't mean you personally,
32:50but I mean the Western media.
32:54We have never heard condemnation for such terrorist attacks.
32:58So thank you for mentioning this now.
33:06So my question is,
33:08this year will be 45 years of my life as a journalist.
33:16And unfortunately I can see that written journalism is dying.
33:22Maybe Vlad Bumaga could help newspapers,
33:25independent newspapers that are dependent from the state,
33:29from business people and only depend on their readers.
33:34What can we do to make sure
33:36that weekly written print newspapers can survive?
33:43And what, my second question is something
33:46that I've asked a lot of people, including Ms. Zakharova.
33:51She told me that I should go ask this question to you.
34:00A lot of our scientists,
34:03people who look into the future,
34:06they say that in the next 10 to 15 years,
34:12countries of Europe, the United States,
34:14and in fact, the American continent itself
34:19could go underwater and,
34:21but people will migrate to our land.
34:26Maybe we should warn them before.
34:30This is a hypothetical scenario,
34:33but there are scenarios that say that that will happen.
34:35And that is what they say newspapers,
34:37not on telegram channels.
34:39So these are the two questions I have to you.
34:48I don't know if I should even tell you about it.
34:52You know that joke that a family sits at the table
34:57and a little boy asks, he's solving a crossword.
35:06So a word, three letters.
35:09Mom just smacks him with a spoon on his forehead.
35:20But she says, well, this is very innocent word there.
35:28And so we need to think about your house, about your people.
35:38You're saying that continents are going to go underwater,
35:41but we need to think about our home.
35:43But you say that people are going to run to Russia.
35:48Well, let me finish what I was trying to say.
35:51The estimations that you spoke about,
35:56they are real scientists making real analysis.
36:04They're talking about permafrost and glaciers melting.
36:11And because of that, more CO2 will be coming
36:14to the atmosphere than anything that's produced by humanity.
36:18And if that happens, then some of Russia's regions
36:22closer to the oceans, to the seas,
36:25will also be underwater.
36:26We have entire towns and communities
36:31that exist in permafrost areas
36:34that will be in serious trouble.
36:38Or take St. Petersburg, for example.
36:43We need to think about what could happen
36:46to cities like that.
36:48So we need to think about our own home, about our own land.
36:53If anyone tries to migrate to Russia as a result,
36:57we have 2.3% unemployment.
37:00So we're talking about labor migration
37:02and issues that could arise out of that.
37:07But of course, we need to think about what we could do
37:10to address that if that happens, if that does happen.
37:13But Russia is the largest country in the world
37:16in terms of territory.
37:17And over on the other side of the Ural Mountains,
37:23only 12 million people live.
37:24So we got lots of territory.
37:27But we need to think ahead of time about infrastructure,
37:30about the social issues, about rules
37:33that we'll need to create.
37:36I know you've been presenting all of that
37:38as a very curious, strange, weird scenario,
37:41but this may be real eventually,
37:45and we need to address real problems.
37:47Now, your question about journalism and Vlad Bumaga
37:51and other young bloggers,
37:53and your question was about printed media.
37:57Now, my personal opinion is that print media
38:03is something that will have its place,
38:06its niche in the changing world,
38:10the same as print books still exist,
38:16because you can use to do like a tablet
38:18or some other device to read books,
38:20and even I do that sometimes myself.
38:22But actually holding a real book,
38:27paper book in your hand is very different,
38:29even though it has, well, it may have illustrations,
38:34which is also a work of art.
38:35But apart from that, it's very different.
38:39And so print media, take Investia or Komsomolskaya Pravda,
38:45take a newspaper in your hands.
38:47There is a special kind of amazing feeling
38:52that you get from holding a real thing in your hand,
38:56a print media in your hand.
38:58And I think that the public still has interest
39:06in print media.
39:09And of course, content is what matters,
39:12and regardless of the media itself,
39:16the content is what matters.
39:19And so when, as long as print media
39:23have reliable, good content,
39:25it's not going to go anywhere.
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