The President of Russia Vladimir Putin “Joked” today Monday that it shouldi to speak seriously to Western leaders for their claims that he is responsible for the economic chaos caused by the conflict in Ukraine and the devastating sanctions imposed by the West.
Thousands have been killed and 14 million displaced since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and Western efforts to isolate Russia and blockade Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea have led to a drop in oil prices. , natural gas, cereals, cooking oils and fertilizers.
In a televised meeting today in Sochi with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Putin argued that the Russian economy is going well, despite Western sanctions.
Lukashenko responded by claiming that the sanctions gave both countries the … impetus to focus on their development and that Western elites are deluding themselves into the causes of their economic woes.
“For the economy, we owe it to them (in the West) for giving us such a boost to our growth,” Lukashenko told Putin, who smiled and nodded.
“What is happening there is that they really underestimated it, reading their own media. “They have inflation, but their truth is that ‘Putin is responsible,’ ‘Putin is to blame for everything,'” Lukashenko continued.
Putin pursed his lips and nodded. “We will have a serious discussion with them,” he replied, with a hurried smile.
Lukashenko laughed and said “Yes”.
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