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He defied widespread calls to step down and has been criticised for only showing up for one rally, spending most of the campaign period on a 10-day private trip to Europe.

"I told him not to go, he defied me and went, I was completely unaware of any statements that he made."

The economy defied recession risks, of course, and the Fed began cutting rates in the autumn of 2024.

She refused, and a week later thousands of people defied threats of arrest to attend his funeral in Moscow, some of them chanting “No to war” and “Putin is a murderer.”

But the group, which has led demonstrations against the ban on Palestine Action, defied these calls and went ahead with the protest.