eastn c-span now, our free mobile apps or online, c-spanrg/campaign 2,024. c-span, your unfiltered view of politics. >> russian president vladimir putin gave his annual state of the nation address before a joint session of parliament in moscow. during his speech president been criticized the united states, the west, and nato saying they are the ones who provoked a conflict in ukraine and the middle east. this is 25 minutes. [silence] >> president of the russian federation, vladimir putin. >> thank you, please. senators, citizens of russia, to the federal assemblies, first of all, an attempt to look into the future and today we are not going to speak about our short-term plans only but about strategic objectives as 7 well, about the matters we believe are important for the confident long-term developing of the country and of problems, these measures have been developed during my visits to the regions, my conversations with the workers, civilian, and military factories, teachers, scientists, rs, entrepreneurs, families, with our front-line heroes, volunteer fi