“The Trinity, too, has not gone anywhere and will not go away, no matter how hard someone tries,” Putin said.
The Russian leader also said that he had spoken with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on this matter.
“He tells me, when we play hockey with each other, one gets angry at the other, says something, a partner makes a mistake, they shout in their hearts: why don't you understand, are you, are you not Russian?”
- said Putin.
According to him, "it comes directly, automatically, from the heart, from the heart."
Putin added that "there are many such people in Ukraine, millions."
“Therefore, it has not gone anywhere and will not go anywhere,” he said.
Also, the President of Russia spoke about the Union State with Belarus.
Putin also answered questions about an article he wrote on Ukrainian issues.