From Associated Press.

President Vladimir Putin boasted that his military operation in Ukraine has strengthened Russia and denied that the ouster of key ally Bashar Assad in Syria had hurt Moscow’s prestige, as he took questions at his annual news conference and call-in show Thursday. Putin claimed not to have met Assad since giving him asylum in Moscow. Read more: https://bit.ly/3VPbdX3

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