Russian President Vladimir Putin admits that the West provoked Russia into decisive action in Crimea. He stated this in the film “World Order 2018,” which its author Vladimir Solovyov posted today on social networks.
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“Sometimes it seems to me that someone deliberately brought us to a point where we had to act the way we acted. Few, of course, expected that we would act so quickly, so decisively, if not boldly,” Putin said.
According to him, he understood perfectly well that Western sanctions would follow the annexation of Crimea.
“But when we put the fate of millions of people who want to return to Russia and the difficulties in relations with other countries on the same scale, the first is incomparably more important,” Putin said.
He expressed hope that the final victory in this confrontation will be Russia's.
“Our opponents have developed very correct tactics and, to a certain extent, are achieving their goals in tactical terms. But I think that in the long run we will still win,” Putin said.