Putin's Big Claim On Ukraine Crisis: 'If Victory Wasn't Stolen From Trump In 2020...'
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he is ready for negotiations on Ukraine, fuelling expectations of a meeting between him and Donald Trump soon.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said that he was ready to talk to his US counterpart Donald Trump on the Ukraine war, fuelling speculations of possible contact between the two world leaders soon.
“As for the issue of negotiations… we have always said, and I want to emphasise this once again, that we are ready for these negotiations on Ukrainian issues," Putin told Russian state TV.
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Putin also claimed that the Ukraine crisis in 2022 might not have happened if Trump had been the US President at the time.
“I cannot but agree with him that if he had been president — if his victory hadn’t been stolen in 2020 — then maybe there would not have been the crisis in Ukraine that emerged in 2022," he said.
Trump has repeatedly claimed that the 2020 presidential polls in the US, in which he faced defeat at the hands of Joe Biden, were “stolen" and “rigged". In the run-up to the 2024 elections, Trump boasted that he would bring the Russia-Ukraine war to an end on the first day of his presidency in the second term.
Putin Praises Trump
Putin heaped praise on Trump, describing him as “pragmatic" and “smart". He said that he did not believe Trump would force global oil prices lower in an attempt to damage Moscow.
“He is not only a smart person, but a pragmatic person. The oil prices were either too high or too low that were bad for both the Russian and American economies. I have a hard time imagining there will be decisions taken that are detrimental to the American economy," the Russian President said.
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