“Ukraine is slowly but surely being turned into some kind of antipode of Russia, into some kind of anti-Russia, into some kind of platform, from the territory of which we will constantly, apparently, receive attention that requires special attention from our side in terms of providing security news of the Russian Federation, ”said the head of state.

He noted that "there is an absolutely obvious cleansing of the political field", the national media are being closed, while the Western partners do not react to this in any way.

Earlier, the Kremlin commented on the situation around the head of the political council of the Ukrainian party "Opposition Platform - For Life" Viktor Medvedchuk, who was placed under house arrest in Ukraine.