Russian president Vladimir Putin visits the exhibition of achievements 'Russia' prior to the United Russia party congress in Moscow, on Sunday. Photograph: Sergey Fadeichev/Pool/AFP via GettyRussian president Vladimir Putin dismissed as complete nonsense remarks by US president Joe Biden that Russia would attack a Nato country if it won the war in Ukraine, adding that Russia had no interest in fighting the military alliance. READ MORE“Russia has no reason, no interest – no geopolitical interest, neither economic, political nor military – to fight with Nato countries,” Mr Putin said. Mr Putin has repeatedly cast the post-Cold War expansion of Nato as evidence of the West’s arrogant way of dealing with Russia’s security concerns. “The reality is that after the fall of the Soviet Union, they considered that they just had to wait for a bit to completely destroy Russia,” Mr Putin said.

Source: The Irish Times December 17, 2023 20:27 UTC