In the midst of the continuing war in Ukraine, diplomatic efforts to end the conflict continue, as does the exchange of accusations between Russia and the West, with progress remaining in demand.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of seeking new pretexts to announce sanctions in his country, stressing that unprecedented sanctions had been prepared in advance and would be imposed “in any case”.
Insisting that Russia is never willing to sacrifice “its national interests and its traditional values”, Putin said that although it would not become a “closed country”, it would not seek any further cooperation with Western companies in the near future.
The Kremlin has also denied allegations in Washington and London that the Russian head of state was either misled or kept in the dark by his advisers.
The head of Britain’s intelligence service, Jeremy Fleming, said this week that President Putin’s advisers were afraid to tell him the “truth”, while US President Joe Biden spoke yesterday of “indications” that the Russian president had fired some of his advisers. in “house arrest”, saying that he looks “isolated”.
“They just do not understand what is happening in the Kremlin. “They do not understand President Putin and they do not understand our decision-making mechanism,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peshkov was quoted as saying by Russia’s Interfax news agency on Thursday.
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