Putin: Migrant Crisis Came from U.S./Europe Wars in Southwest Asia

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an interview with Pavel Zarubin, host of the Rossiya-1 TV network broadcast “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin” this morning, put the responsibility for the crisis on the West. “It is important to remember where the migration crises came from. Is it Belarus that discovered such problems? No, there are reasons that were created by the Western countries themselves, including European countries. They are both of military and economic nature,” he said, mentioning both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Putin also stressed that Russia is not involved in the border crisis. “I want everyone to know that we have nothing to do with it,” he said. “Everyone is trying to impose any responsibility on us for any reason and for no reason at all.” The transcript is posted to the Kremlin website (https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_188529.htm)