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Hoewel we een topic ‘Rusland’ hebben, zou een eigen topic voor Vladimir Putin ook wel terecht zijn, gezien zijn grote invloed op de wereldpolitiek tot nu toe, en zijn, zeer waarschijnlijk nog groter wordende, invloed in de toekomst. Als eerste post het interview door Tucker Carlson van februari dit jaar.

 

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rt.com 24 Oct, 2024 17:40
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Putin ‘doesn’t remember’ Trump missile threats​

Comments made in the heat of the US election campaign shouldn’t be taken too seriously, the Russian president has said

File photo: Red Square, Moscow, Russia. © Getty Images/Mordolff
Russian President Vladimir Putin has responded to a claim by his former US counterpart, Donald Trump, that he had threatened him with a strike against Moscow, saying that he “doesn’t remember” such a conversation.

Putin added that such comments are normal election campaign talk in the US. He made his remarks at press conference following the conclusion of the BRICS Summit in Kazan on Thursday. Asked whether Trump’s claims in a recent interview were true, the president replied that the idea of trying to threaten Russia is counterproductive.

“I don’t remember such a conversation with Mr. Trump,” the Russian president said. “The US presidential campaign is currently at such a heated a stage, I would suggest not to take anyone’s statements too seriously.”

Addressing the alleged threat on principle, Putin said it was “pointless to threaten Russia, since this only emboldens us.”

Earlier this week, in a meeting with Wall Street Journal editors, Trump told a storyabout a conversation he allegedly had with Putin at some point during his presidency. According to Trump, he told Putin that if Russia went “after Ukraine,”the US would “hit you so hard” and “right in the middle” of Moscow.

When Putin purportedly voiced his disbelief, Trump claimed to have said, “You’re going to be hit so hard, and I’m going to take those f**king domes right off your head.” The US politician apparently confused the Kremlin with the nearby St. Basil’s Cathedral.

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Trump has repeatedly claimed that the current Russia-Ukraine conflict would not have happened had he stayed in office after 2020, and that he would find a way to end it within days of getting re-elected.

 

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WHAT IF China, Russia, and others are coordinating w/ POTUS to eliminate the NWO?

 

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ATO nation wants Western troops to fight for Kiev | Russia-Ukraine conflict



rt.com 24 Oct, 2024 16:05
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Putin says he’s tired of Western hypocrisy​

Moscow hopes to end the impunity of the US and its allies, the Russian president has explained

16th BRICS Summit. President of Russia Vladimir Putin at a press conference held as part of the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan. © Sputnik/Alexandr Kryazhev
Russian President Vladimir Putin has condemned the West’s duplicity in its dealings with Moscow, and its broader “hypocrisy,” saying Russia will no longer tolerate the broken promises of NATO and its allies. Speaking at the conclusion of the BRICS summit in Kazan, on Thursday, Putin emphasized his dissatisfaction with the West’s disregard for international agreements and fairness.

“Is it fair to lie to our faces about NATO not expanding, and then expand it anyway?” Putin asked, referring to assurances given to Russia in the 1990s. He also criticized the 2014 US-backed Maidan coup in Ukraine –which ousted the country’s democratically elected president Victor Yanukovich – saying it was a violation of international law. He added that it had led directly to the ongoing conflict between Kiev and Moscow.

“There is no justice here,” Putin remarked. “We want to change this situation. And we will achieve it.”

The Russian president also rejected recent claims by UK intelligence that Moscow was responsible for unrest in the UK, dismissing them as “nonsense.” Putin argued that any problems in Britain were due to its own domestic policies, not Russian interference.

Russia is not interested in perpetuating conflict but wants fairness in global politics, Putin added. “We want to change this situation, and we will achieve it,” he said firmly. He criticized the West for pushing policies that harm both international law and diplomacy, suggesting that Russia will not stand idly by.

His comments come amid rising tensions between Russia and NATO, with Putin highlighting what he sees as the West’s continual hypocrisy on security matters.

The head of the British Security Service (MI5), Ken McCallum, claimed earlier this month that the UK support for Ukraine has made London a target of Russian propaganda and subterfuge, seeking more power and government funding to deal with the alleged threat.