Excerpt from President Vladimir Putin’s news conference following 16th BRICS Summit (24 October 2024)

Excerpt from President Vladimir Putin’s news conference following 16th BRICS Summit (24 October 2024) [Claims by UK intelligence that Russia is generating mayhem on British streets] are absolute drivel. The domestic policies of Western nations have led to the scenes we have been witnessing on the streets in some European cities. However, you and I know all too well that the European economy is teetering on the brink of a recession, while the Euro zone’s leading economies have de facto entered a recession. But are we to be blamed for that? What do we have to do with this? All of a sudden, Western countries, I mean European nations, decided not to use our fuel and energy. We have never turned our backs on them. This is why we have to start by looking at what the West has achieved with its economic, financial and domestic policies. Of course, people get scared whenever the international situation deteriorates or when they witness escalation in various conflict zones, be it the Midd... Source: Embassy of the Russian Federation in London