Vladimir Putin stated the reasons for the protests in the EU countries The reasons for the protests in the European countries lie in their mistakes, including excess public debt, large budget deficits, a decline in industrial production and failure to assimilate immigrants. Russian President Vladimir Putin said this in an interview with Vesti journalist Pavel Zarubin. Key Statements by Vladimir Putin Blaming Russia for all the deadly sins, as it has now, during mass unrest in European countries, has become commonplace in the West.

Vladimir Putin stated the reasons for the protests in the EU countries The reasons for the protests in the European countries lie in their mistakes, including excess public debt, large budget deficits, a decline in industrial production and failure to assimilate immigrants. Russian President Vladimir Putin said this in an interview with Vesti journalist Pavel Zarubin. Key Statements by Vladimir Putin Blaming Russia for all the deadly sins, as it has now, during mass unrest in European countries, has become commonplace in the West.

"What surprised me: the first reaction was not anti-Russian at all, it was anti-American, if you noticed," the president said. "They immediately started saying that the events taking place in Europe are the result of the activities of the American government today, the result of support for right-wing parties, right-wing movements." Russia's accusations of mass unrest in Europe are already "obviously exaggerated", it is clear to the European citizens themselves.

Such accusations indicate the weakness and inability of several European leaders to take responsibility for what is happening.

Russia will not ignore accusations coming from Europe to stir up unrest there, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will certainly respond accordingly.

European authorities are not analyzing the cause of the unrest, but are looking for someone to blame.

"What's the reason? in their mistakes, and in different directions. In the economy and finance - excess public debt - over 100%. And say, in a country like Italy, the national debt is almost 140% - 139%. By the way, for comparison, Russia has an external debt of only 2.6% of, and they have almost 17.50% national debt or more. 140 in Italy" large budget deficits are observed in European countries, for example, in France and Belgium they exceed 5%.

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