Russia’s TASS news agency reported that the Russian president answered a question about the possibility of normalizing relations between Russia and the United States.
The Russian leader stressed that everything changes in international relations, but only interests remain constant, in this case “the interests of Russia and the Russian people.”
“If we see that the situation changes in a way that gives us opportunities and prospects to build relationships with other countries, we are ready for that. That is not our problem, it is their problem. “It must not be done. It will harm the interests of the Russian Federation,” President Putin said.
President Putin cited stories from the 19th and 20th centuries to emphasize changes in international relations, when a series of restrictions were imposed on Russia after the Crimean War of 1853-1856, when the then Russian Empire Alexander Gorchakov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, recalled the following statement: The letter read, “Russia is not angry. Russia is concentrated.” “As Russia concentrated, it gradually returned all rights to black people.” TASS quoted President Putin as saying. Putin also drew attention to the fact that some historians have described the Crimean War as “World War Zero” because virtually all European powers participated in the war against Russia. . However, the Russian president said that the situation has changed and these countries were already Russia’s allies during World War I.
According to state media, Putin said in an interview with VGTRK journalist Pavel Zarubin that the previous generation of politicians ruined Russia by choosing to join the so-called civilized world, which is exactly what the West wants. He said that it is about being.
“As soon as Russia’s potential diminished and weakened, they (Western countries) began to destroy Russia, instead of making Russia an equal partner and participant in this civilized world,” Putin said. did.
Putin said of Russia’s prospects: “Unfortunately, at least today, the world is like this. And if we build relations with anyone, we will build them only on the basis of the interests of the Russian state.” He spoke about the outlook for Russia. To normalize relations with Western countries.
Last week, Russia issued an advisory warning its citizens not to travel to the United States and other Western countries, warning that they could be “hunted” by authorities in those states, Al Jazeera reported. Reported.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova described U.S.-Russian relations as “on the brink of a rift,” the paper said.
Russian and US diplomats say relations between the two countries are worse than at any time since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis due to the Ukraine war.
Meanwhile, the next president of the United States, Donald Trump, who won the 2024 presidential election as the Republican candidate, is scheduled to be inaugurated as the 47th president on January 20, 2025.
