In an on-camera interview President Vladimir Putin told pro-kremlin journalist Pavel Zarubin that a Joe Biden presidency would be better for Russia than a Donald Trump one.
When asked about the upcoming US presidential elections, Putin said Joe would be better for Russia “because he is a more experienced person, he is predictable, he is a politician of an old formation”.
However, he added that Russia will “work with any leader of the
US that gains the trust of the American people”.
In the order to judge the actions of the present administration one should look at its “political position”, Putin said.
As per Putin, that war “could have been over, a year and a half ago” if agreements during a meeting in Istanbul in March 2022 were kept. Putin didn’t openly specify what agreements he was talking about.
The President regretted that he “didn’t start active actions in Ukraine earlier” than February 2022, claiming that leaders of west have lied to Russia about the eastward expansion of NATO.
“We were and are concerned about the possibility of Ukraine being drawn into NATO, since this threatens our security,” Putin said.
Russian President also said that the Minsk agreements, a ceasefire agreement signed between Ukraine and Russia in 2015, was just a hoax “to buy time to load Ukraine with additional arms and ammunition”.
The leader also expressed his disappointment around his recent interview with far-right media figure Tucker Carlson.
“I honestly thought he would be aggressive and ask tough questions. I wasn’t only ready for that, I wanted that, because it would give me the opportunity to give tough answers back,” Putin said, about the interview.
“To be frank, I didn’t fully enjoy that interview,” he added.
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