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Russian President Vladimir Putin's state of the union speech on Tuesday was very different in content to the one delivered by his American counterpart, President Biden.

The audience in Moscow had two more hours of accusations against the West from the Russian leader, blaming them for starting the war and also announcing that Russia would be suspending involvement in a nuclear arms treaty with the US - something that the State Duma, the lower house of Parliament, has now voted in favour of.

Newsday heard from Abbas Gallyamov, a former speechwriter for President Putin, to get more on the Russian president's tone this week.

He told Newsday: "The main thing he wanted to show was that everything is going ok according to his plans... and there are no problems whatsoever... it was a kind of psychotherapy."

(Photo credit: Sputnik via Reuters. Photo shows: Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual address to the Federal Assembly in Moscow, Russia February 21, 2023.)