US President Joe Biden, France’s Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz won’t be receiving New Yr’s greetings from Russian chief Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin mentioned on Friday.
Because the world gears as much as ring within the New Yr this weekend, Putin despatched congratulatory messages to the leaders of Kremlin-friendly international locations together with Turkey, Syria, Venezuela and China.
However Putin won’t want a contented New Yr to the leaders of america, France and Germany, international locations which have piled unprecedented sanctions on Moscow over Putin’s assault on Ukraine.
“We presently don’t have any contact with them,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov informed reporters.
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“And the president won’t congratulate them given the unfriendly actions that they’re taking over a steady foundation,” he added.
Putin shocked the world by sending troops to pro-Western Ukraine on February 24.
Whereas Kyiv’s Western allies refused to ship troops to Ukraine, they’ve been supplying the ex-Soviet nation with weapons in a present of help that has seen Moscow endure humiliating setbacks on the battlefield.
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