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Men hold a replica of the banner of the 155th Marine Brigade of the Pacific Fleet, during Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, 19 December 2024

Video. Putin’s end-of-year presser: ‘When everything is quiet, we are bored’

Updated: 19/12/2024 - 12:20 GMT+1

As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is going into its third winter, Russian President Vladimir Putin held its annual end-of-year press-conference, two days after a Kyiv-orchestrated killing of a high-ranking general on the streets of Moscow.

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