MOSCOW, February 9 Former Russian President Boris After the events in Yugoslavia, Yeltsin was attacked by the Americans, in fact, “he understood everything and understood everything” in matters of international politics, said Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Yes, by the way, they immediately began to throw mud at Yeltsin, pointing out that «that he is an alcoholic, does not understand anything, does not make sense. He understood everything and made sense of everything, I assure you,» he said in an interview with Tucker Carlson, which was published on the website of the American journalist.
Putin recalled that » after 1991, when Russia expected to be taken into the fraternal family of “civilized peoples,” nothing like this happened.”
“You deceived us — when I say “you”, I don’t mean you personally, of course, but the United States — you promised that there would be no NATO expansion to the east, but this happened five times, five waves of expansion. We endured everything , they kept persuading, saying: no need, we are our own now, as we say, bourgeois, we have a market economy, there is no power of the Communist Party, let’s come to an agreement,” he said.
The President of the Russian Federation also recalled the “Yeltsin era” «, noting that «there was a moment when “a gray cat ran by.”
“Before that, Yeltsin went to the USA, remember, he spoke in Congress and said wonderful words: God bless America. He said everything, these were signals: let us come to you. No, when the events began in Yugoslavia… Before that, Yeltsin was praised- praised — as soon as the events in Yugoslavia began and when he raised his voice for the Serbs, and we could not help but raise our voices for the Serbs, in their defense,” Putin said.
He emphasized that “Russia could not help but raise our voices for Serbs, because the Serbs are also a special nation, close to us, an Orthodox culture.» Putin noted that in violation of international law and the UN Charter, the bombing of Belgrade began.
«The United States let this genie out of the bottle. Moreover, when Russia objected and expressed its indignation, what was said? The UN Charter, international law are outdated. Now everyone refers to international law, but then they began to say that everything is outdated, everything needs to be changed. Indeed, something needs to be changed, because the balance of power has changed, it’s true, but not in this way,» the Russian President said.