Russian President Vladimir Putin boasted on Thursday that the West has failed to isolate Russia, especially in light of the latter’s military intervention in Syria, independent news agency Interfax reported.
“To begin with they were talking about the need to isolate Russia, ever since the now well-known events in Crimea,” Putin said at a media forum in St. Petersburg. “Then it became clear that this is impossible and since the start of our military operations in Syria, the realization of the destructive nature of these actions against our country, has been absolutely obvious.”
Putin explained that this realization was the reason …read more
Source: Newsweek
