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More Cold War rhetoric used in Russia-US relations – Kremlin spokesman Pressure from West helped Putin win the election – Kremlin spokesman
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With Russia on the rise, America and the West are feeling more and more uncomfortable, Kremlin spokesman told RT in an exclusive interview. He added that Moscow and Washington use more Cold War rhetoric in their relations now. Western policy aimed at weakening Vladimir Putin’s domestic support through pressuring Russia has backfired, the Kremlin’s spokesman told RT in an exclusive interview. Dmitry Peskov said this was evidenced by the election results.
President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he recognized the tell-tale signs of the Cold War, which in turn were regrettably reflected in Russia’s agenda. “We’re facing it in the international relationship,” Peskov said, speaking to RT’s Sophie Shevardnadze. The policies were a miscalculation on the part of Western politicians who failed to understand what moves the Russian people, Peskov told RT’s Sophie Shevardnadze. “Russia, it’s an outstanding country with its own traditions, historical traditions and historical mood of people. When they face any pressure coming from the outside they unite and they unite around a strong leader.”
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According to Peskov, not all countries are comfortable with the rise of Russia under Putin’s leadership. “The more Russia rises, the more uncomfortable they [America and the West] feel and the tougher they start to behave in international relations. And they are ready to jeopardize international law, the basics of international relations, free trade and commerce,” he added. This has happened many times throughout Russian history, and the current surge of popularity of Vladimir Putin is no different, he said. Russian people can’t tolerate “craziness” coming from other countries so they rallied around Putin, he argued.
In the March 18 election, Putin garnered 76.69 percent of the vote, according to the final results of Russia’s Central Election Commission. The record result was “quite unexpected” for Putin, Peskov said.
Peskov said historically hostility towards Russia rose in periods when the country grew in power. “Russia was treated as a rival, as an enemy for lots of centuries,” he said. “The more Russia is rising, the more uncomfortable [some Western nations] feel, and the more tough they start to behave in international relations. And they are ready to jeopardize international law, the basics of international relations, free trade and commerce. They are ready to forget about fair trade, they are ready to forget about WTO rules. They are ready to forget about every rule when they want to suppress Russia.”
He added that Russia currently feels threatened by its foreign opponents in more ways than one, including militarily. But it hopes that “sober voices” in the West would prevail and that Russia is eventually accepted as an inalienable part of Europe that can greatly benefit the common security and prosperity of the continent. This will only require acknowledging that “Russia’s voice has to be taken into account,” he said.
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