American economist Jeffrey Sachs said that Russian President Vladimir Putin surprised the United States with Crimea in 2014. He stated this in an interview Youtube channel The dialogue works.
“Going back to February 2014, the idea was that we would form a new government and Ukraine would join the West. This much! But Putin has annexed Crimea, what a surprise!” Saks said.
For him, the Minsk agreements were also a “surprise”.
He added that the West continues to be surprised.
In July, Putin at a meeting with State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin declarationThat developments in the integration of Crimea into the regulatory sphere of Russia should be used in the new regions of the country.
6 August reportedRussian President’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, answered in the negative when asked by journalists from the American newspaper The New York Times whether Russia wants to acquire more land in Ukraine.
former name Putin declaration“the frog is on our side”.