Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks during a session of the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi, Russia October 19, 2017. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS
FOX News: Putin says trusting the West was biggest mistake, report says
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday reportedly said that the worst mistake he’s made in the last 15 years was in trusting the West.
Putin spoke with a Germany-based academic during a televised discussion in southern Russia. The academic asked about what mistakes Moscow may have made when dealing with the West, and Putin responded, “We trusted you too much. You interpreted our trust as weakness and you exploited that.”
Reuters reported that Putin appeared visibly angry at times when talking about post-Soviet leadership.
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WNU Editor: Russia has made many mistakes since the break-up of the Soviet Union .... trusting the West was not one of them. If there is a mistake .... it was the expectation among many Russians that life would be better once the Soviet Union was gone. Unfortunately .... and I lived in Russia during this period of time .... that did not happen. And when times got really tough, many expected the West to give a helping hand .... but that also did not happen. So why the harsh remarks from Putin on the past .... my guess is that it is the present that is bothering him the most, and he is telegraphing that he does not want to repeat the past. To defuse the situation he needs to have a summit with President Trump .... but President Trump has been completely neutered by Congress to work with Putin since the imposition of sanctions. Is this a healthy situation .... definitely not .... but that is the mindset of the U.S. Congress today.
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