“These restrictions and sanctions are being introduced under the pretext of ensuring the security of the United States.
How does your institution threaten the security of the United States?
Nothing.
This is complete nonsense, ”the president said, commenting on the sanctions against Phystech and other Russian scientific organizations.
Putin noted that in the mid-90s Russia "was good for everyone and everyone liked it" when it "received potatoes through humanitarian aid."
“Thank you for that, many did it sincerely, I know, honestly speaking about it, because I talked with these people in St. Petersburg,” the president said.
He recalled that as soon as Russia began to get out of difficulties, including restored constitutional unity, when it began to develop, in her person “a competitor began to appear both in the political arena and in the field of international security”, in production and in the energy sector.
“I don’t like this anymore.
Therefore, our partners have begun to pursue a so-called containment policy, ”Putin stressed.
Earlier it became known that the United States is imposing export restrictions on the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.
This decision was made by the US Bureau of Industry and Security in connection with the "production of military products for military end users."
MIPT expressed the hope that MIPT will be able to continue to cooperate with American universities and scientific institutes after the export restrictions on the educational institution imposed by the US Department of Commerce.