Russian President Vladimir Putin. Archival photoMOSCOW, January 27—RIA Novosti. Russian President Vladimir Putin does not plan to participate in the Munich Security Conference this year, spokesman for the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov told RIA Novosti .The Munich Security Conference for the first time in two years should be held in person on February 18-20. When asked if the president’s schedule includes participation in this event, Peskov answered in the negative.
"No",’ said the press secretary of the Russian leader.
Putin's Munich speech, when he spoke there in 2007 and severely criticized US foreign policy and the ideas of a unipolar world order, went down in history. The Russian President then strongly opposed plans for NATO expansion and the deployment of American missile defense facilities in Eastern Europe. Russian security