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Vladimir Putin
President, Russia

LIVE: Putin Addresses Party Delegates! Major Pre-Election Kremlin Speech | DWS News | AC14

📅 Aug 22, 2026 DWS News 107 MIN 2391 VIEWS 78 SEGMENTS · 6 SPEAKERS
MOSCOW, RUSSIA: Russian President Vladimir Putin met with delegates of the ruling United Russia party in Moscow ahead of upcoming regional and parliamentary elections. Addressing party leaders, regional representatives, and state officials, Putin outlined key domestic priorities, national security goals, and economic policy targets amid ongoing geopolitical tensions and Western sanctions. The president urged delegates to maintain direct engagement with voters and prioritize domestic infrastructure, defense modernization, and economic stability as the nation prepares for election day. Watch...

What Vladimir Putin said

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Putin addressed the United Russia party congress, framing the party as a stabilizing force with a constitutional majority in the State Duma. He emphasized that United Russia, unlike parties in the 1990s, makes necessary but unpopular decisions. He praised the People's Program as a living document shaped by millions of citizen proposals, and stressed the party's responsibility for every line. He linked the upcoming elections to national stability and sovereignty, vowing not to retreat from democratic principles. He highlighted the ongoing Special Military Operation, calling the enemy a neo-Nazi, Bandera-style force, and expressed confidence in Russian soldiers. He committed the party to supporting families, economic growth, technological leadership, and regional development. He also congratulated Sergei Menyailo and Evgeny Poddubny on their birthdays and wished the party success in the elections.

Key takeaways

  1. Putin called United Russia a stabilizing element with a constitutional majority in the State Duma, supporting it as its creator.
  2. He said the People's Program is a living document, with millions of proposals from citizens, and the party is responsible for every line.
  3. He vowed not to retreat from democratic principles, holding elections from the Far East to Novorossiya and Donbas, including soldiers on the line of contact.
  4. He described the enemy in the Special Military Operation as a neo-Nazi, Bandera-style, Russophobic force, and said Russia's cohesion is crucial.
  5. He committed United Russia to supporting families, building a strong economy, technological leadership, and high quality of life in all regions.

Chapters

  1. 0:00United Russia as stabilizing force
  2. 26:35Party's ideological foundation and People's Program
  3. 37:05National Flag Day and unity
  4. 39:16Elections and democratic principles
  5. 40:45People's Program and party responsibility
  6. 42:20Special Military Operation and enemy
  7. 43:45Party's duty and veterans
  8. 45:23Program priorities and national goals
  9. 47:37Support and congratulations
Announcer 0:00 ↗
Participants and guests of the congress, you can view the draft People's Program of the United Russia Party on the congress website...
Dear guests, please take your seats and silence your mobile devices.
Dear participants and guests of the congress, you can view the draft People's Program of the United Russia Party on the congress website by scanning the QR code, and on the large screen in the plenary hall.
Narrator 3:32 ↗
Yes, I'm talking to him. Okay. A deep, personal perception of Russia and the character of our people, for whom cohesion and patriotism have always been the main values, helping to overcome everything, build, and create our country.
Speaker 3:55 ↗
Here it is felt more keenly. Equipment is important, but people win. We are one goal. One assembled, the second lifted into the sky, the third completed the mission. We work so that every soldier returns home. Everything is just beginning here. The Gold Star is the merit of my entire unit. We fulfilled our duty at the front and at home. We preserve the memory of the feat of our grandfathers and support our own. Ahead is only victory. When a patient takes their first steps after surgery, it is a special moment. We help patients get on their feet, return to work, to their families, to normal life.
Vladimir Putin 4:41 ↗
A heartfelt attitude towards those in trouble, it seems to me, is our Russian national trait, which has always been inherent to the citizens of our country.
Speaker 4:52 ↗
Let's go. So that a person understands they are not alone, the help of neighbors and volunteers must be timely. Distances are not scary when the whole country is connected, and the road connects everyone. All of life moves along it. The future does not arrive on its own. In the campus, we design it. Here, studies are directly tied to practice. Behind all the precise calculations is a simple goal: to ensure that our homes are warm.
In a warm home, the soul is calmer. With gas, everyday life is easier and there is more time for loved ones. It is important to us that children feel cozy and always want to come home. The arts school became our common home. The whole village is drawn here. I myself learned to dance here and returned as an educator. I want children to know their roots. The land gives birth to every root. Words don't matter to it, work matters. A harvest is a victory that you achieve anew every year. Any victory begins long before the podium. Start small. Don't look for excuses. A strong country is people who do not back down, who act. I wasn't born a cosmonaut. I chose this path and walked it. From orbit, you realize that behind every light below is someone's hard work and fidelity to their goal. That is how a dream becomes reality. A reality for the future of Russia.
Announcer 6:28 ↗
Thank you, that is all. Dear participants, please take your seats and silence your mobile devices. Dear participants, please take your seats in the hall. Dear participants and guests of the congress, you can view the draft People's Program of the United Russia Party on the congress website by scanning the QR code on the large screen in the plenary session hall.
Thank you, friends. Dear participants, please take your seats in the hall and silence your mobile devices. Dear participants and guests of the congress, you can view the draft People's Program of the United Russia Party on the congress website by scanning the code on the large screen in the hall.
Narrator 13:18 ↗
The homeland is not only the place where you were born. It is, above all, the people with whom you are united in spirit. We know how to close ranks in the face of global challenges and threats.
Speaker 13:34 ↗
As a participant in the Special Military Operation, I remember very well the help provided by people from all over the country and the help provided by the party.
We feel the support of our volunteers; they do tremendous work. I want to thank you.
Together we will win. Just as the Supreme Commander led us on the construction site, so it continues. Now we are ready to prove our love for the fatherland no longer on the battlefield, but here, in civilian life. You need to study to benefit your country at another level.
Our President and United Russia have set the task of industrial sovereignty. Thanks to state support, we were able to organize the development and production of innovative products. Everything works competitively. We are becoming leaders. Full import substitution, our domestic ingredients.
Our President once said that sanctions would make us stronger. In reality, that is exactly what happened. I believe that our country will reach the highest point of its development, and we will win.
The party is our entire great Russia. The policy currently pursued by our President and his party is for the people. Thanks to the party's efforts, modern clinics are opening and medical equipment is being purchased. Our school was built as part of the Education national project under the People's Program of the United Russia Party.
One wants to believe that thanks to all of this, there will be even more little citizens in our country. Our confident, caring, loving, warm, steadfast, stable, and honest leader. Our protection, our support. As my mother once said, 'I would kiss him.' I am proud that we are Putin's team, that we are the team of our Supreme Commander, for the people, for the country, together with the President.
Announcer 16:02 ↗
Dear participants and guests of the congress, you can view the draft People's Program of the United Russia Party on the congress website by scanning the QR code on the large screen of the plenary hall. Dear participants, please take your seats in the hall. Please take your seats in the hall and do not forget to silence your mobile devices.
Dear participants, please take your seats in the hall. Dear participants, we kindly ask you to take your seats in the hall and silence your mobile devices.
Dear participants, please take your seats in the hall. Please silence your mobile devices. Dear participants, we ask you to take your seats in the hall.
Dear participants, we kindly ask you to take your seats in the hall. Dear participants, please take your seats in the hall.

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Putin, V. (2026, August 22). LIVE: Putin Addresses Party Delegates! Major Pre-Election Kremlin Speech | DWS News | AC14 [Interview transcript]. DWS News. CEOInterviews.AI. https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/1289200/

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Vladimir Putin. "LIVE: Putin Addresses Party Delegates! Major Pre-Election Kremlin Speech | DWS News | AC14." DWS News, 22 Aug. 2026. Transcript, CEOInterviews.AI, https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/1289200/.

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  author       = {Vladimir Putin},
  title        = {LIVE: Putin Addresses Party Delegates! Major Pre-Election Kremlin Speech | DWS News | AC14},
  howpublished = {Interview transcript, DWS News. CEOInterviews.AI},
  year         = {2026},
  month        = {aug},
  url          = {https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/1289200/},
  note         = {Speaker-attributed transcript with timestamps}
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