Putin: We have not started any military operations and tried to resolve the crisis in various peaceful ways over and over again

In response to a question about Ukraine

the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, in turn asked whether Ukraine belonged to this region of the East of the world, but expressed his willingness to answer the question.

• In response to the interviewer's question,Putin said that Russia had not started any military operations 

• But we are trying to end the crisis, which did not start this year.

• But it began in 2014 when the Ukrainian regime refused to take a place at the negotiating table

• He tried to impose his will by force and carried out the military operation against the Donbass after another

He practised various kinds of repression and ethnic cleansing towards the Donbass people in eight years, noting that Russia 

1. "I tried to resort to various peaceful ways," 
2. the president continued, after all attempts
3. Russia decided to reciprocate

respond by force as the supposed enemy exercised its attempts to resolve the crisis by force, and all our efforts are directed at helping the Donbass people, where the president said, "This is our duty, and this is what we will do."

Putin: Rising food prices could be a tragedy for poorer countries

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Western countries' food purchases were driving prices higher, which could turn into a tragedy for the poorest countries around the world.

This came during the Russian President's address during the plenary meeting of the Economic East Forum in the Russian city of Vladivostok, where Putin continued that "Rising prices in world markets can be a real tragedy for most of the poorest countries, facing food, energy and other vital commodities shortages" "The poorest countries are losing full access to the most important food products, because their purchase by developed countries leads to sharp price rises."

Putin: The West has not been impartial in terms of the grain shipment deal from Ukraine, most shipments have not gone to the poorest countries but to the European Union.

• Putin: We have not started any military operations and tried to resolve the Ukrainian crisis in various peaceful ways over and over again.

• Putin: After all the attempts Russia decided to reciprocate, just as the enemy exercised its attempts to resolve the crisis by force.

• Putin: Where was international law and why did nobody remember it when they destroyed Iraq, Yugoslavia and Libya

• Putin: All our efforts are directed at helping the Donbass people, that's our duty, and that's what we're going to do.

• After the coronavirus pandemic, the world was expected to recover from the effects of the pandemic, but was hit by another "Western sanctions" pandemic.

Putin: US undermines global economic system

• Putin: Even US allies reduce their dollar holdings and Russian ruble and Chinese yuan will be used in gas payments with China in equal proportions

• Putin: Europeans continue to work as colonizers and continue to deceive poor countries.

• Putin: Russia is ready to cooperate with all countries that want to

Putin and Erdogan will discuss food deal amid Western retention of Ukrainian cereals at the expense of developing countries

Russian and Turkish presidents Vladimir Putin and Rajab Tayyip Erdogan could discuss a food deal on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Samarkand on September 15-16, a diplomatic source said.

In response to a question on whether the food deal was on the agenda of the forthcoming meeting of the Presidents in Samarkand, the source added to Novosti, "Yes, this topic will be discussed".

President Putin stated earlier Wednesday that the world could face an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe due to the fact that the West exports most Ukrainian grain to its countries, not to countries in need in Africa. According to him, it might be useful to discuss the restrictions on this route with the Turkish President.

Putin: We trust IAEA experts' report

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he had confidence in the IAEA's experts and their report despite pressure from the United States of America.

"I trust them, despite the pressure they are under from the United States of America and Europe, and they cannot say directly that the bombing comes from Ukraine."

Putin noted that Ukraine creates threats to nuclear security, asking: 

"Why are they doing this? 

I don't understand. To draw attention to their situation? to create an additional crisis? 

", The President noted that the main threat was not to the reactor itself, but to the places of storage of spent fuel.

In its report on the results of its mission at the Zaporoje nuclear power plant

• IAEA had stated that a number of incidents at the plant had violated nuclear safety principles

• and had warned of continued bombardment of the plant

• which could result in damage to important equipment and an unlimited radiation leak.

The Agency recommended an immediate halt to the shelling of the station and adjacent areas

stressing its readiness to initiate immediate consultations on the establishment of a "security zone" around it, in order to prevent a "nuclear accident" caused by military actions. However, the experts' report did not identify the party or party carrying out the bombing.

The Russian side had held a meeting of the United Nations Security Council following the visit of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission, where the Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia, said that IAEA had had an opportunity to ensure that the Kiev army was the only threat to the nuclear power plant in Zaporuguegui and there was no internal threat to the plant.