from Sputnik News:
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said that it is good that the interview with US journalist Tucker Carlson made the West listen to what Russia has to say.
“First of all, it is good that they watch and listen to what I say,” Putin told Rossiya 1 reporter Pavel Zarubin, commenting on the negative assessment of his interview.
It is not possible to have a direct dialogue with the West today and Moscow is grateful to Carlson for the mediation, Putin said.
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“If today, for some reason related to them [the West], we are unable to conduct a direct dialogue, then we should be grateful to Mr. Carlson for the fact that we can do this through him as an intermediary,” Putin said.
The only thing to regret is that the Russia did not start active actions in Ukraine earlier, the president clarified.
Putin recalled the Minsk agreements and the recognition of the then German Chancellor and French President that they did not intend to fulfill the agreements, but simply bought time.
“The only thing we can regret is that we did not start our active actions [in Ukraine] earlier, believing that we were dealing with decent people,” the president highlighted.
NATO is a tool of US foreign policy, if Washington believes that it does not need it, this is its decision, Putin said.
“I think that NATO is no longer necessary at all, there is no point. It only has one meaning — it is an instrument of US foreign policy. But if the United States believes that it does not need this tool, this is its decision,” Putin said.
Former President Donald Trump has his own view on how the United States should approach its relations with its allies, Putin clarified.
