Russian President Vladimir Putin, answering the question of a Russian journalist, whether Russia approached a dangerous line in relations with the West, refused to agree that this feature is “so dangerous.”
According to him, Russia is ready to negotiate “with all participants about acceptable interchanges” conflict in Ukraine, Russian media write.
“I do not believe that it is so dangerous, I believe that we act in the right direction, we protect our national interests, the interests of our citizens, our people. And another choice but to protect our citizens, we simply have No, ”said Putin.
“We are ready to negotiate with all the participants in this process about some kind of interchanges acceptable, but this is their business- we are not refusing negotiations, but they,” he added.
The head of the Russian state also stated that the events of recent months allowed him to make sure that 99.9% of Russians are ready to “put everything” in the interests of the country.