Putin can be called a murderer / Article / LSM.lv

Russian President Vladimir Putin can be considered a murderer, Lithuanian President Gitan Nauseda told BNS news agency today.

“Unfortunately, yes,” said Nauseda, answering the question of whether he, like US President Joe Biden, could call Putin a murderer.

“I see many signs of a clear disregard for the values ​​of the civilized world, a disregard for the right of nations to self-determination, a disregard for the territorial integrity of their neighbors, which the Kremlin has been demonstrating recently. Also in Ukraine, which I had the honor to visit recently. And the situation is getting worse again, people are dying, young men and women, children are losing their parents, and parents are losing their children. It is very unfortunate that this is happening in the middle of Europe in the 21st century, “said the President of Lithuania.

Another important aspect, according to Nauseda, is the situation inside Russia: “The regime is clearly shaking when it feels the acceptance of the opposition, it is trying to cruelly suppress it by persecuting opposition leaders. We see what is happening with Alexei Navalny. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Put your head on your shoulders and keep saying – you know, we are striving for an inclusive relationship with Russia, as I sometimes hear from my colleagues in the European Union – in order to speak, we really have to be very far from Russia, both emotionally and geographically. “

CONTEXT:

In 2011, the then US Vice President Joe Biden met in Moscow with Putin, who was the prime minister of Russia at the time, although he was still the de facto head of state. 10 years after this meeting, the president is now Biden essentially called Putin a “killer”, in the affirmative by a question from a journalist from ABC.

The Kremlin reacted furiously to Biden’s remarks, recalling his ambassador from Washington for consultations.

At the same time the same Putin seemed to take the incident quite calmly. He wished Biden health and remembered from a childhood the yard joke “who says to others is the same.”

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