EUA, INÉDITO: imprensa vai à Rússia, abre espaço para Putin falar, sem cortes nem distorções.
Putin : ... " ... what happened later was coup d’état. Name it what you may, but force was used, rebels were used, who is on what side now? Who is in the past? Who is in the future? What tools are we using to attain our goals? One needs to be very careful and cautious when dealing with constitutions and any changes or transformations in newly-born states. What happened in Ukraine now is chaos, the country is sliding into chaos. Yanukovych agreed to do anything, whatever, had it all been done legally, we’d continue subsidising them, we’d keep gas prices low, we’d allocate the 15 billion we’d promised. Let us be frank, we’re all grownups in the room, we’re all smart and educated people. The West supported anti-constitutional coup d’état, not just by giving away cookies, but by giving political support, support in the media, using all sorts of tools. And are you blaming us? What we suggested was dialogue. We were denied. When I last came to Brussels we agreed that dialogue would continue but that was before the coup d’état. And now Mr Ulyukaev, who sits opposite me, he is a well-respected man, speaks decent English, by the way. He’s got market economy way of thinking, he’s one of our top economic experts. So Mr Ulyukaev came to Kiev for (unclear) consultations, well ask him, no real discussion ever took place, they were just spitting out mottos.
And now what happens next? Coup d’état took place, they refused to talk to us, so we think the next step Ukraine is going to take, it’s going to become NATO member for the past two decades, they’ve refused to engage in any dialogue. We’re saying military, NATO military infrastructure is approaching our borders, they say not to worry it has nothing to do with you. But tomorrow Ukraine might become a NATO member, and the day after tomorrow missile defence units of NATO could be deployed in this country. And again they would say we refuse to talk to you, it’s none of your business. We’re sick and tired of discussing, because it’s not a real discussion. Look, we have concerns, both economic and security concerns for that matter, what are we supposed to do? People in the southeast of Ukraine, in Crimea in particular were frightened by the development and people of the Crimea opted for a referendum on accession to Russia. All we did, we guaranteed freedom of, expression of their will and I’m sure you’ll all agree, and the majority of people in this room, and most people in the world, they understand because no one’s stupid. Had we not done that in Crimea, the situation in Crimea would have been even worse than the situation in Odessa, where people were burned alive. No one’s trying to give any explanation or condemn those who are to blame for the Odessa tragedy. Now you tell me who is stuck in the past, and who is acting, taking into account the realities of today’s world.
