Vladimir Putin has used a new year‑end speech to cast 2026 as a turning point for Russia’s internal “unity” and economic modernisation, tying a patriotic decree to sweeping warnings about the disruptive power of artificial intelligence on jobs and education. He paired boasts about record‑high employment with a call to completely overhaul how Russia trains and retrains its workforce, explicitly linking “technological restructuring” and AI to the future of the war‑time economy and returning veterans. Watch for details
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