He stated this in an interview with journalist Danny Haiphong.

“The West will try to destabilize the situation within Russia itself, with zero, as it seems to me, chance of success, since Russian society is now very united,” Escobar emphasized.

The journalist noted that Putin managed to unite Russia against the threat of Western countries that are striving for the collapse of the Russian state.

Earlier, Vladimir Putin, during a meeting with employees of his election headquarters in Gostiny Dvor, thanked the Russians who came to the polling stations and voted.