On New Year’s, Putin slams West for hypocrisy, aggression


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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping via videoconference at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin used his New Year's address to the nation to accuse Western countries of aggression and trying to use the conflict in Ukraine to undermine Moscow. Putin made the video address, shown on state television on Saturday in each of Russia's 11 time zones, from a military headquarters with soldiers in the background, a sharp departure from his previous practice of recording the...