President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin speaks at the plenary session of the XXV St. Petersburg International Economic ForumSt. PETERSBURG, June 17 . Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Soviet Union is the territory of historical Russia. «It really is. I spoke publicly and without any hesitation, the Soviet Union — what is it? This is historical Russia. It happened, he stopped its existence. And I want to emphasize this, we have always respected, in recent history, the sovereignization processes that took place in the post-Soviet space,» Putin said at the SPIEF plenary session.
There will be no return to the economy of the USSR, Oreshkin saidThe President noted that Russia has fraternal relations with Kazakhstan, and the Russian Federation is interested in strengthening such relations. «The same would be with Ukraine, absolutely, if If only we had good allied relations,” Putin said. The 25th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum is taking place in St. RIA Novosti acts as an information partner of the forum.
