GENEVA, July 27. /TASS/. Russia is not seeking confrontation but will defend its national interests, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with Swiss broadcaster RTS on Monday.
"Russia takes no interest in seeking confrontation with other countries. But sometimes we simply have to defend our interests. And we will undoubtedly do it," he said.
The European public attitudes are shifting towards protection of national interests, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
"I don’t think they are supporting me," Putin said in reply to the question about fellow feelings for him from Europe’s right-wing and nationalist movements, including National Front president Marine Le Pen or representatives from the Swiss People’s Party.
"We are seeing the process of real awareness in their movements of their national interests, the way they see them," he said.
"Tectonic changes in the public opinion towards a growing protection of national interests are seen in the world or in European countries," Putin said.
The United States’ withdrawal from the ABM Treaty has triggered the current round of arms race, Putin said in an interview.
"This new spiral of the arms race was prompted by the United States’ unilateral withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. This treaty was a cornerstone of the entire system of international security," he said.
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