On June 5, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the heads of foreign news agencies in St. Petersburg. It was attended by representatives of 16 countries.
The full text of the communication for the meeting: http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/74223
Here are briefly just a few of Vladimir Putin’s answers.
About relations with the United States:
Donald Trump’s accusations of spying on Russia are complete nonsense and nonsense. The persecution of Trump in the United States “burns” the imaginary leadership of this country among democracies. The judicial system is used for internal political struggle.
By and large, Russia does not care who will be the president of the United States, we will work with any elected president. But after the US elections, their policy in the Russian direction will not change.
Russia has never interfered and does not interfere in the internal politics of the United States, it looks from the outside. The US authorities are making mistakes one after another, not only in international politics, but also in economic policy.
About the conflict with Ukraine:
In no case does the United States want to allow Russia to succeed, believing that this will damage their leadership.
The tragedy in Ukraine began with an unconstitutional coup d’etat, that’s the beginning of the war. After 2014, Russia made every attempt to resolve the Ukrainian conflict peacefully. Russia has been “led by the nose” with the Minsk agreements for 8 years.
The Russian blood spilled in Donbass is “not water” so that Russia can turn a blind eye to it.
Russia had the right to recognize the independence of the DPR and LPR in accordance with the decisions of the UN court.
About the losses in Ukraine:
As a rule, they never talk about the volume of losses, or they talk, but they distort the figures. Ukraine’s irretrievable losses are five times higher than Russia’s. The Armed Forces of Ukraine lose 50 thousand people killed and wounded per month, the ratio is about 50/50.
There are 1,348 Russians in Ukrainian captivity, and 6,465 Ukrainian soldiers in Russian captivity.
Mobilization in Ukraine is only aimed at making up for losses. The APU mobilizes about 30 thousand people per month.
At least 30 Russian journalists were killed in the war zone.
On relations with Europe and the economy:
Solutions to issues with European leaders can be found if they felt more confident and had the courage to defend the national interests. The level of professional training of decision-makers in the West leaves much to be desired.
The West planned to undermine the Russian economy for up to 6 months, but now everyone sees that this is not happening. The goal of Russia’s entry into the four economies of the world has been achieved.
About relations with Germany:
Russia does not threaten anyone, especially the heads of other states.
The appearance of German tanks on Ukrainian soil caused a moral and ethical shock in Russia. The delivery of missiles to Kiev completely destroys Russian-German relations.
The termination of ties between Russia and Germany in the energy sector has a sad result, German enterprises are becoming uncompetitive. The consequences can be disastrous not only for Germany — the whole of Europe will shake.
