Russia Has No Unfriendly Countries, Only Unfriendly Elites: Putin
19:03 GMT 22.08.2025 (Updated: 20:18 GMT 22.08.2025)
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Preserving its own sovereignty is the most important thing for Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.
"For a country like ours, the ability to preserve its sovereignty is extremely important, it is simply the most important thing," Putin said during a meeting with Russian nuclear industry workers. With the loss of sovereignty, Russia will cease to exist in its current time, that's for sure. And in order to ensure our sovereignty, guarantee our existence and ensure our development, we need to overcome the challenges that time creates."
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"As for our relations with the United States, they are at an extremely low level since World War II, I have said this many times, but with the arrival of President Trump, I think a light at the end of the tunnel has finally appeared," Putin said during a meeting with employees of Russian nuclear industry enterprises.
“We continue contacts at our ministries’, agencies’, and company level.“
We are discussing, by the way, with our American partners the potential for collaboration in this area, not just within our Arctic zone, but also in Alaska," Putin said
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"In any case, they [nuclear icebreakers] are definitely needed, that is obvious. If we maintain such a fleet, and we certainly will. We also have about 35 diesel icebreakers, I believe," Putin said.
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