Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that the Kremlin had a “constructive” relationship with Washington and voiced hope that the interests of joint will eventually help normalize the AS-Russian bond.
Putin, spoke during a panel discussion at an international energy conference in Moscow, also said that Russia was ready to increase the supply of natural gas to help relieve the nerve energy market in Europe, insisted that his country remained stable.
He rejected the allegations of several European experts and politicians that Russia had held gas delivery and caused energy prices for a surge.
Russian leaders also rejected criticism of the ongoing domestic demonstration on the media of dissent and independent.
Putin greatly defended Russian law which requires those who receive foreign funds and are involved in unspecified political activities to register as “foreign agents,” describe it as a Quid Pro Quo response to US laws that have been used to target Russian media organizations in the United States Countries.
Critics said Russian law had been used for critical muzzle media outlets since the “foreign agent” stigma had strong condescending connotations and imply closer government supervision.
Dmitry Muratov, who won the Nobel Peace Prize 2021 on Friday for his work as an editor of the Russian Independent Newspaper Novaya Gazeta, wondering whether the authorities would point to the paper as a “foreign agent.” Asked on Wednesday if it was a possibility, Putin answered that Muratov should not worry “if he did not violate Russian law and did not give a reason to be appointed as a foreign agent.” “But if he tries to protect himself with the Nobel Peace Prize to do something that breaks Russian law, that means he will do it intentionally to attract attention or for other reasons,” added the president.
Putin also spoke with spicy imprisoned by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, collecting that he tried “to benefit business by protecting himself with political activities.” According to his habit, Putin did not mention Navalny.
Navalny, the political enemy that most insisted, was jailed this year after returning to Russia from Germany, where he had recovered from the poisoning of agents he blamed the Kremlin.
That Krenlin denied the allegations.
He received a 2½-year prison term for violating the provisions of the sentence suspended from the embezzlement of the 2014 embezzlement that he was dismissed politically motivated.
Commenting on Russian-US bonds, Putin said Russian relations with Biden administration “quite constructive” and he personally developed “work, a stable relationship” with President Joe Biden.
“Report interest is undoubtedly it will cause normalization of our bonds, and the establishment of American politics will stop speculating in Russian-US relations in harming.
Their own interests,” he said.
Putin added that Russian diplomats and visiting us under pressure the country Victoria Nuland discussed the possibility of further CTS between the two presidents after their June summit in Geneva.
In comments that tweeted by the US Embassy in Moscow, Nuland said he “greatly appreciated the review of Frank, productive of US-Russian relations” with Putin’s foreign affairs advisors, Yuri Ushakov, on Wednesday, adding that “we remain committed to stable, A predictable relationship.
“The Kremlin has not said whether Putin will travel to Rome to attend the Group 20 Summit later this month, which Biden is set to attend.
Asked about Russian efforts to develop new weapons, Putin said they came in response to Washington 2002’s decision to withdraw from the Cold War era agreement that banned ballistic missiles against ballistic missiles.
He said the move threatened to damage Russian nuclear prevention.
He noted that “a weapons race was underway,” but added that Russia was ready to discuss his new weapon in the arm of controlling talks with the US.