Putin said he is used to blaming the Russian Federation for "all the deadly sins" Blaming Russia for all the deadly sins, as happened now, during mass unrest in European countries, has become a common thing in the West. This is what Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a conversation with Vesti journalist Pavel Zarubin. "There is nothing unexpected here: as we know, Russia has always been accused of all deadly sins," the head of state noted. According to Putin, blaming Russia for mass unrest in Europe is already "an obvious overreach", it is clear to the European citizens themselves. "My first reaction when I saw it was surprise. Because, well, no matter what, talking about the fact that we are provoking mass protests in major European cities is clearly too much, which I think is clear to the ordinary citizens of European countries," said the Russian leader.