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Russian President Vladimir Putin was seen experiencing a clumsy second throughout his speech when he appeared to pause whereas talking for applause however the viewers didn't react to the speech in any respect. The second occurred on the Grand Kremlin Palace throughout a ceremony to current diplomatic credentials to 17 newly-appointed international ambassadors.

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"Nobody applauded Putin after he completed his speech on the ceremony of ambassadors presenting their credentials within the Kremlin," Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine's minister of inner affairs, wrote in a tweet sharing a clip from the speech taken from the Russian unbiased information outlet Meduza. “Putin waited for applause as he completed speaking however none got here,” he added, mocking the Russian President.

Within the video, Vladimir Putin might be seen smiling barely as he concludes his speech whereas he and the ambassadors trade transient nods. Vladimir Putin then needs them "all the very best" in English earlier than departing.

In the course of the speech, Vladimir Putin focused the brand new United States and European Union (EU) ambassadors saying that they have been chargeable for a breakdown in relations with Russia following the Ukraine invasion. Vladimir Putin additionally stated that US assist for a Ukraine revolution in 2014 “finally led to right this moment's Ukrainian disaster.”