- Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Monday. Read a collection of key quotes from his speech on our live blog.
- 7:26 p.m. — At 22 minutes, Putin didn't quite manage to follow the UN's 15-minute guideline for speakers. Then again, for someone known for arriving late and speaking longer than scheduled, this speech was positively succinct.
- 7:25 p.m. — Wrapping up, Putin ends with an appeal to the UN. “Russia believes in the huge potential of the UN,” he says. “I am convinced that working together we will make the world safe and secure.”
- 7:23 p.m. — In a slightly unexpected twist, Putin is now talking about climate change. He says humanity has the “intellectual potential” to rise to the challenge of global warming.
- 7:22 p.m. — Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin tweeted these images of him watching Putin's UN address during a meeting.
- 7:21 p.m. — Putin notes the rise of “economic egoism” in the world as he moves onto the topic of unilateral sanctions. Criticizes sanctions for being in contravention of WTO rules.
- 7:19 p.m. — Putin is moving on to a criticism of NATO. He says the expansion of NATO ended up in a confrontation in Ukraine, where he says a “civil war” is underway.
- 7:17 p.m. — Refugees from the Middle East in Europe must be helped, but to “cardinally” solve the problem, the sovereignty of Middle East states must be preserved, Putin says.
- 7:15 p.m. — As expected, Putin calls for an international coalition against Islamic State. He says it should also include Arab countries.
- 7:14 p.m. — Putin says that Russia is being unfairly accused of having “ambitions” in the Middle East because of its recent moves in the region.
- 7:13 p.m. — Putin says Russia is supporting Iraq and Syria militarily. “We know all the problems of the region,” Putin says.
- 7:10 p.m. — Within five minutes of starting, Putin is already talking about the Middle East and North Africa where, he says, Western intervention has led to “anarchy.”
#PutinAtTheUN: Social and political problems have been brewing in Middle East for long. But external intervention brought violence&poverty- 7:09 p.m. — Putin is moving from theorizing on sovereignty to criticizing “the export of revolutions, so-called democratic [revolutions], continues.”
- 7:07 p.m. — Putin tells delegates that Russia is prepared to support the reform of the UN, but not attempts to undermine its legitimacy. That would lead to a situation with “no rules apart from the rule of the strong,” Putin says.
- 7:05 p.m. — The “essence” of the UN is disagreement and different points of view, says Putin.
- 7:03 p.m. — Putin kicks off by reminding everyone about the birth of the United Nations in 1945 in Yalta in the Crimean region of Ukraine seized by Russia last year.
- 6:55 p.m. — With news breaking of NASA scientists finding water on Mars, television executives have had to make some tough choices in recent minutes.
Only CNN International stuck with the UN. Everyone else went over to cover NASA discovering water on Mars pic.twitter.com/Rqsp8DGy7i- 6:44 p.m. — Pakistani politician Maliha Lodhi has found herself sitting in the row before Vladimir Putin. She tweeted about this, then made sure to get a presidential selfie as Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov looks on.
