“Our country faced great adversity in different eras. The Pechenegs plundered Russia, as well as the Cumans and the Teutonic Knights. We lived through the Great Patriotic War. Russia has withstood everything, survived everything. And now there is another test <…> And of course, we shall withstand it. But only if we work together seamlessly and effectively together, with full responsibility for the task the country has assigned us.”
Vladimir Putin At a teleconference on providing assistance to those affected by wildfires and renovation of social infrastructure
