US President Barack Obama has said Russia’s President Vladimir Putin made a “strategic mistake” when he annexed Crimea, in a move that was “not so smart”.
Those thinking his Russian counterpart was a “genius” had been proven wrong by Russia’s economic crisis, he said in an interview for the US’ National Public Radio.
International sanctions had made Russia’s economy particularly vulnerable to changes in oil price, Obama said.
“You’ll recall that three or four months ago, everybody in Washington was convinced that President Putin was a genius and he had outmanoeuvred all of us and he had bullied and strategised his way into …read more
Source: Novinite
