BISHKEK, 13 Oct. A narrow group of countries does not wants to understand that it is losing its hegemonic status and inciting conflicts, said Russian President Vladimir Putin.
«It is obvious that a narrow group of countries does not want to part with the elusive status of hegemon. And for these purposes, they directly provoke crisis situations in various regions of the world, actively inciting both old and new hotbeds of conflict,» he said at the CIS summit in a narrow composition.
Putin said that for many years the situation in Ukraine had been preparing to bring it to the current “acute, burning phase.” “I have already said many times…, but nevertheless, let me remind you that the Ukrainian crisis began in 2014,” he noted.