Putin on Brexit: No One Wants to Support Weak Economies
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said "Brexit" is the choice made by the British nation and is a comprehensible one, as "no one wants to feed weak economies." Russia has not and does not plan to interfere with the results of the referendum, he added.
"I think it's comprehensible why this happened: first, no one wants to feed and subsidize poorer economies, to support other states, support entire nations," Putin said at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tashkent.
Suggesting the second reason for the British people to have voted "out", Putin considered that: "the British people are not satisfied with the way problems are being solved in the security sphere, these problems have become more acute lately with the migration processes."
Putin's comments came in reply to UK PM David Cameron's claims that "Putin would be happy if the UK left the EU."
He further considered that such claims were an ill-posed attempt to influence the general opinion of the British public.
"But as we see now, even claims like these have not had the effect desired by those who made them. No one has the right to make claims on Russia's position, especially after the votes were counted. This is nothing but an example of a low level of political culture," Putin said.
According to him, the British referendum will undoubtedly have consequences, but at the moment it is hard to tell whether these will be good or bad.
"The markets will surely lose ground, they have done so already, but in the midterm everything will be restored, surely."
He added however, that the UK citizens' choice resulted from the British authorities' "arrogance and a shallow approach to solving pivotal issues."
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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