St. Speaking at the general assembly of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russian President Vladimir Putin quoted USSR leader Joseph Stalin’s speech about the Western partners of the Russian Federation.
This was the statement of the Soviet leader: “I have no other writers.” According to the Russian leader, Stalin made this statement regarding the Writers’ Union of the USSR when Minister of Internal Affairs Lavrentiy Beria “once again came to rat on them.”
“Well, these are partners, what can we do? Why fight with everyone? “We must seek agreements and conditions that are in our interests,” Putin said.
At the same time, he noted that partners “cheated at every step” and it was very difficult to negotiate with them.
Putin before statedThat Western partners are undermining international foundations because of their ambitions.