Putin: The West uses “horror stories” to get money from taxpayers. “We kept scaring everyone: tomorrow Russia will use tactical nuclear weapons, tomorrow it will use this - no, the day after tomorrow.
So what? These are just horror stories for ordinary people, in order to extract additional money from US taxpayers and European taxpayers,” Putin said. These funds are used to confront Russia in the Ukrainian theater of military operations, he noted. The Russian leader’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, expressed confidence that European countries, by talking about a possible armed conflict with Russia, are trying to divert the attention of European residents from internal problems.