Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum saying he condemned the sanctions his country faces for its invasion of Ukraine and said 'Putin's inflation in the West' is 'nonsense.'
railed at the West in a blistering address on Friday in which he condemned the sanctions his country faces for its invasion of Ukraine and said the principles of the global economic system are under attack.of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Putin said"allies in the West are trying to counteract the course of history" and were thinking"in terms of the last century.
Putin said Russia's economy was resilient to the"insane and thoughtless" sanctions imposed on it in response to the war in Ukraine. He said"the economic blitzkrieg" against his country"had no chance of succeeding," and that western countries had failed to break Russia, pointing to how sanctions were impacting theRussian President Vladimir Putin addresses a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Friday, June 17, 2022. He took aim at the west and the sanctions his country has faced following his invasion of Ukraine.
"It is a mistake to believe that the time of turbulent changes can be withstood and everything will return to normal," he added.and his war for impacting on U.S. inflation which is running at its highest for a generation. The Russian leader said western countries were using the war as an excuse to hide their own economic mismanagement
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