For Putin, the “window to Europe remains open”

Even if there is thought about closing the window, this will not happen, Putin said on Friday in St. Petersburg at the International Cultural Forum. “When it blows, you think about closing it (the window) so as not to catch a cold,” Putin was quoted as saying by the state agency TASS. “But we have good weather,” he added.

“We are not closing anything, we have no conflict with European society.” Rather, Russia is experiencing “difficult times” with the European elite. Because of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the European Union and a number of Western states have imposed severe economic sanctions against Russia and its politicians. Despite this, Moscow continues to present positive economic data, although these are difficult to verify.

Putin claimed on Friday that Russia’s economic growth would be over three percent by the end of the year. “And now I won’t talk, as is usual in European countries, so that it doesn’t sound like arrogance or boasting.”

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