Moscow, Russia.
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, He warned today in The West that he will regret any provocation and that the Kremlin will respond in a way “asymmetrical, fast and hard “ if any country decides to cross “Red Lines”.
“We do not want burn bridges, but if anyone perceives our good intention as apathy or weakness and pretends burn those bridges, then they should know the answer to Russia will be asymmetrical, fast and tough “, Noted the president in his speech on the state of the nation before the Federal Assembly.
“they will regret it as they haven’t done it in a long time, ”he warned.
PROVOCATIONS AND COUP D’ETAT
In a speech focused on the pandemic and in the country’s socioeconomic situation, Putin avoided mentioning the increase in the Russian military presence a la border with Ukraine, Which both worries the West and did not allude to the deteriorating health of the imprisoned opposition leader, Alexéi Navalni.
“The acts do not cease unfriendly against Russia. Attempts for any reason or even no reason to accuse Russia sand have become among some countries a kind of sport, ”he said.
“But I hope no one decides to cross the call red line at relations with Russia “, Putin in the Manezh room before ministers, deputies, senators and regional leaders, where he made it clear that he will be the Kremlin what you decide on “Each case“Where is the limit of Moscow patience.
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Putin also wanted to emphasize what he considers a partial behavior on the part of the West, which, he said, has not commented on the alleged “Coup” which denounced Minsk and Moscow last week, which included a plan to assassinate the Belarusian authoritarian leader, Alexandr Lukashenko.
“The practice of organizing coups, plans for political assassinations (…) that’s too much. They have exceeded all limits, “Putin said.