Speech moving into laundry list territory: Kaliningrad, Far East development, etc. Putin clearly not on top of his game today. Speech seems forces and rushed. He keeps coughing and running out of breath...
Putin starts talking about ruble course. Calls on Central Bank and government to take measures against "speculators"
"We know who these sepculators are"
RUBLE GAINING AGAIN SLIGHTLY: 53:18 TO DOLLAR
PUTIN SAYS ASKS CBANK AND GOVERNMENT TO IMPLEMENT STRICT MEASURES TO GET RID OF SPECULATORS IN FOREX MARKET -- Reuters
PUTIN: WE NEED TO END OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY