China News Service, December 23. According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, on December 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the annual large-scale press conference to answer questions from reporters and make a summary of 2021.
At the meeting, Putin mentioned that the United States and other countries decided not to send representatives to the Beijing Winter Olympics to be held in 2022 and said that this decision was unacceptable and wrong.
The United States is doing this to contain China's development.
Data map: Russian President Putin.
Putin said that the decision of the United States and other countries not to send representatives to attend the Beijing Winter Olympics is unacceptable and wrong.
Putin said that the United States and other countries’ “this decision is unacceptable and wrong. I talked with a former US president a long time ago. Guess who it is, he told me: boycotting the Los Angeles and Moscow Olympics is a mistake. Then The United States will repeat the same mistakes? What are the reasons for that? An attempt to contain China's development."
Putin has previously stated clearly that he looks forward to visiting China soon and attending the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and opposes attempts to politicize sports.