Putin ally: West aims to wipe Russia from political map of world
Putin ally Nikolai Patrushev -- the Russian security council secretary -- told the Argumenti i Fakti newspaper: The Western bloc has been trying to cleave Russia apart.
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- Published Date: 11:37 | 10 January 2023
- Modified Date: 11:38 | 10 January 2023
Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, said on Tuesday that the West was trying to cleave Russia apart and aimed to wipe it from the political map of the world.
"In the face of emerging military threats, it is important for us to have such armed forces and special services so that Russia's adversaries would not even think they could fight us," Patrushev told the Argumenti i Fakti newspaper.
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