PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA’S NEIGHBOURS SHOULD NOT ESCALATE TENSIONS

Fri 04 March 2022:

Putin has urged Russia’s neighbours not to escalate tensions with Moscow by imposing more sanctions or restrictions on his country, saying the Kremlin has “no bad intentions” towards them.

“I would … advise them [our neighbours] not to escalate the situation, not to introduce any restrictions,” the Russian president said in televised remarks.

“We do not see any need here to aggravate or worsen our relations. And all our actions, if they arise, they always arise exclusively in response to some unfriendly actions, actions against the Russian Federation,” he added.

“I think everyone must think about how to normalise relations, co-operate normally and develop relations normally.”

Putin was shown taking part online, from his residence outside Moscow, in a flag-raising ceremony for a ferry in northern Russia.

“We’ve always said that we don’t have any — I’d like to stress — any bad intentions towards our neighbors. And, I would also advise them (neighbors) not to aggravate the situation. Do not impose any restrictions.

“We fulfill all our obligations and will fulfill further.

There is no need to aggravate situation or worsen our relations. All our actions, if they take place, our actions are taken exclusively in response to some kind of unfriendly actions toward the Russian Federation,” he said.

Putin added that all sides must “think about normalizing relations and cooperate and to develop relations normally” with Russia. Without passing through neighboring nations, Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave is only accessible to the rest of the country via the Baltic Sea, to which it has a coast.

Kaliningrad is situated between Poland and Lithuania, separated from Russia by the Baltic States on land, while a ban on Russian aviation through Europe’s airspace limits air transportation to the region.

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