“The final word belongs to those who implement this policy in Washington, it is very easy to solve this problem, give an appropriate signal to Kyiv that they must change their position and strive to solve these problems peacefully,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying. at the plenary session of the Valdai International Discussion Club.
Earlier, the Russian president announced the merging of nationalist and neo-Nazi movements in Ukraine.
Putin also agreed with the statement that the situation in Ukraine can be called partly a civil war.