‘Utter rubbish!’ Putin says ‘Russian threat’ is fake, invented by those trying to cash in on it
Europe knows that Russia isn’t going to attack them and won’t be paying Washington for protection anymore, Vladimir Putin said, urging the US to rethink its relations with NATO allies on the continent.
The US previously told the European nations that they were defending them from the Soviet Union and that they had to pay for it, Putin said from the stage of the "Russia Calling" investment forum in Moscow. But the USSR collapsed almost three decades ago and the US approach “doesn’t work” today.
Despite all the problems “with Ukraine, the speculations about Crimea and Donbass, everybody clearly understands that Russia is not going to attack anybody,” President explained.
And the Americans are using the so-called “Russian threat,” not only in relation with their foreign partners, but also in their domestic political strife, with Moscow routinely, yet baselessly, accused of meddling in US affairs.
“This factor of internal political struggle has a negative effect on Russia-US relations. I hope it stops someday. We’re ready for it,” the President said.
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