Putin: US Internal Political Struggle Threatens Global Politics, Economy
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The internal political struggle in the United States creates a certain nervousness in politics and the economy, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a press conference during his visit to China.
"Given the growing number of elements of uncertainty in the leading political and economic centers, say, we see that in the United States an acute internal political struggle continues, which creates a certain nervousness not only in politics, but also in the economy," Putin said.
Putin further noted that the overthrow of regimes and the invasion of other countries provoke an arms race.
"We realize that what we see recently in the world, namely, gross violation of international law and the invasion of the territory of foreign states, change of regimes, prompts such an arms race," Putin told journalists.
The Russian president said that his country was categorically against the expansion of the nuclear club, including via North Korea.
"I would like to confirm that we are categorically against the expansion of the club of nuclear states, including through the Korean peninsula, through North Korea. Our position is well known to our partners and the world, to North Korea in particular. We are against it and consider it counterproductive, damaging, dangerous," Putin added.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Putin said the ransomware that hit computers across the world could backfire on its creators, adding that the implications of the global hack attack need to be discussed on a political level.
The ransomware was apparently developed in the US, Putin said. "Microsoft's management has made it clear that the virus originated from US intelligence services," the Russian president stressed.
Putin added that launching cyber-viruses is "lifting a lid" that "could backfire on those who developed and created them," including intelligence agencies.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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