Posted on 06/09/2022 11:32:46 AM PDT by marshmallow
Responding to Moscow's military operation in Ukraine, Western countries have imposed a slew of anti-Russian sanctions aiming to "isolate" Russia from the global economy.
Commenting on the Western sanctions targeting Russia's economy, President Vladimir Putin stated that it is impossible to isolate such a big country.
"For a country like Russia, it is impossible to be surrounded by a fence from the outside," he said. "And we ourselves are not going to erect such a fence around [our own country]".
The Russian president also explained that the country is never going to have a closed economy. According to him, Moscow does not aim to create a Soviet-style "iron curtain" around itself, rather preferring to remain open to any nation wanting to do business with it. Those that opt not to trade with Russia will only be "robbing themselves", Putin said.
Putin also addressed claims that he is personally responsible for skyrocketing inflation in Western countries, saying that he has nothing to do with the economic hardships faced by other nations. "This is a result of their [Western countries] own mistakes [made during a long time]," he noted. With US officials regularly referring to their country's record-high inflation as "Putin's price hike", the Russian president joked that "they already call inflation with my name".
Putin also suggested that the current generation in Russia has the same fate as Russian 17th century emperor, Peter The Great, who "returned and strengthened territories".
"This fate also fell on us," the president concluded.
He explained that if a country is not able to make its own sovereign decisions, then it's a colony, especially in today's harsh geopolitical conditions.
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He’s not dying from the poison we drank?
Biden has such a way with words....
Brains of a goose...
Nelson
India, China, Africa, South America. Many places couldn’t care less about sanctions on Russia. The world is different than it was in 1945.
Now he’s openly comparing himself to Peter the Great. Ego, much?
Don’t mock the west - mock Biden.
I thought Moscow was about to fall to the Ukes. Did I hear wrong? Did I miss something?
The U.S. is being colonized by both Davos and china.
West has been blinded by its own hubris. Western countries continue to believe that if they don’t buy something, no-one will. Fantasy. Most of the world’s countries and population aren’t joining. Not India - 1 billion+ democracy; Not China - 1.5 billion communist marketplace; Not even our “Southern Partner” Mexico.
Boycotts don’t work when only a handful of customers decide to abstain and that shortfall is made up by the rest. Only the boycotters suffer.
Bidenflation is named after Putin?
Putin is correct
I love this guy. Giving the middle finger to the true evil in our world, the Globalist Stalinazi Satanists.
Nah...the inflation isn’t Putin’s....it’s Brandon’s...
Many countries don’t give a rip about what the US wants. They have their own economy and have no intention of bowing to vacillating US policy that changes every 4 years or more.
Look at our ally, India. Reports are that they are scooping up Russian oil cheap and selling it at a much higher rate to the US. I have no doubt the Biden Administration is happy to do this, and I wouldn’t put it past Biden to have actually concocted this arrangement. Basically, laundering Russian oil for political expediency.
100% correct
I have no doubt the Biden Administration is happy to do this, and I wouldn’t put it past Biden to have actually concocted this arrangement. Basically, laundering Russian oil for political expediency.
I am sure Biden and others in his regime are getting their cut and I bet it is more than 10%
Don’t mock the west - mock Biden.
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Sorry, the “ West” legalized Gay marriage, boys in girls sports, men in woman’s bathrooms, LGxYZ’s mentally ill in every government institution, paychecks for not working, illegals pouring across our border,, ……Russia’s moral ground report card is much higher than the decaying West.
We are witnessing the suicide of America and the West, the major downturn was Nobama’s reign. I have been all over the “ non western “ world, we are the laughing stock.
Did I miss something?
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Only the legendary financial greats state Sanctions and weaponizing the dollar is the root cause of the current world’s situation, western MSM drivel and the war cheerleaders choose NOT to report that. The west is committing suicide.
The world knows now that US promises aren’t worth the paper they are printed on. Same as China. Especially with our debt being larger than the GDP now. Thanx RATs and Pubes.
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