Vladimir Putin Declares US Cannot Suppress Russia; Mystery Russian Object 2014-28 E a 'Satellite Killer'
Russian President Vladimir Putin has firmly declared that no one has succeeded in subduing Russia despite U.S. attempts to manipulate its actions. In his speech at the All-Russia People's Front in Moscow last Nov. 18, Mr Putin said no one and nothing can suppress Russia.
In response to questions of whether the U.S. was trying to humiliate Russia, the Russian leader disagreed and said it wanted to "solve their problems at our expense." He believes the people of Russia like the Americans. However, U.S. politics are "negatively viewed" by most of the Russian citizens, according to RT News. Mr Putin went on to say that the U.S. had managed to put its allies under its influence to protect foreign national interests on the basis of "obscure conditions."
Mr Putin's tough stance regarding the attempts of the West to subdue Russia only reflected the tensions between Washington and Moscow over the continuing crisis in Ukraine. The U.S. and its allies have accused Russia of aiding and supplying weapons to separatists.
During the four-hour meeting with his core support group, Mr Putin urged Russian companies to increase their sales in domestic markets following trade sanctions imposed by the West. The Russian president had met with U.S. President Barack Obama in the G20 summit in Australia. Despite the focus of the G20 on the world economy, the Ukraine crisis was one of the hotly debated issues.
Mr Obama said in a news conference after the G20 that the U.S. does not see any change concerning its approach to Russia. He added that the U.S. will firmly uphold core international principles and prefer Russia to become aligned with the global economy.
Meanwhile, according to reports from the Russian Space Web, a secret Russian spacecraft is mysteriously orbiting space. The unknown object or Object 2014-28E is reportedly being tracked by Western space agencies. Reports of the mystery spacecraft have reignited fears over the reboot of a former Kremlin project to destroy satellites.
Russian amateur astronomers and satellite trackers in the West have monitored the movements of Object 2014-28-E in the past few weeks. It was previously reported that the object was originally identified as space debris from a Russian rocket launch in May. The object is now on the watchlist of the U.S. military under the NORAD designation 39765.
Reports said the purpose of the object remains unknown as speculators muse it could be a civilian spacecraft to clean up space junk or a vehicle to refuel existing satellites in orbit. However, interest in Object 2014-28-E has been increasing because Russia did not announce its launch. The object's movements were also described by observers as very active and precise.
Think-tank Chatham House research director Patricia Lewis told Financial Times that the object appears to be experimental with a number of possible functions including a "satellite killer." She said it could be civilian or military with the ability to launch a cyber attack or jam other satellites.
