Gatis Slukas. A bloody year
Tomorrow, February 24, marks one year since Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the Federal Assembly on Tuesday. What was said in the speech is discussed both in the international media and in the environment of social networks. For example, Jānis Sārts, director of NATO’s Strategic Communication Center of Excellence, expressed the opinion to LETA agency that Putin’s speech was weak and without clear consistency. On the other hand, the member of the European Parliament Ivars Ijabs assessed that the speech was frighteningly empty; in the speech, Putin justified the aggression, threatened a nuclear arms race, but did not offer any way out of the war against Ukraine. Many in social networks conclude that Putin repeats well-worn and known theses to the point of boredom without saying anything new.
