MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has defended the Kremlin’s aggressive foreign policy, saying the actions are necessary for his country’s survival.
Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula in March and was later accused of supplying pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine with ammunition and manpower.
Putin said in his annual state-of-the-nation address on Thursday that national pride and sovereignty are “a necessary condition for survival” of Russia.
More than 4,300 people have been killed in eastern Ukraine in what the West and the Ukrainian government say is a conflict fueled by Russian money. …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
