Moscow (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the West had used the Ukraine crisis and the annexation of Crimea as a pretext to slap sanctions against Russia.”Every time someone believes Russia has become too strong, independent, these instruments get applied immediately,” Putin said in his state of the nation address, referring to sanctions.The West “would have thought up some other excuse to contain Russia’s growing possibilities” if there had been no tension over Crimea and Ukraine. Join the conversation about this story »
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