Former Secretary of state Madeleine Albright in an interview with the Austrian newspaper Presse Diе Tuesday said that Russia is constantly provokes other countries, and then puts herself insulted.
“I’m fed up with the fact that Moscow’s actions are constantly looking for an excuse,” said Albright.
In her opinion, the Russian Federation began operation in Syria just to distract the world’s attention from Ukraine and strengthen its influence in the middle East.
Russian President Vladimir Putin at the hands of bad cards, but he plays them competently enough, I’m sure the former head of the state Department. Thus the actions Putin is trying to discredit and split the EU, and to expel NATO from its reach, she said.
“Putin though smart, but he is really an evil man. A KGB officer who wants to keep everything under control. He believes that around all conspire Russia. In fact, it is not so,” said Albright.
Former U.S. Secretary of state drew attention to the fact that Putin the first person “since 1945 captured the state in Europe — Ukraine Crimea”. In this case, said Albright, he managed to get away with it, which, in its opinion, in any case it was impossible to prevent.
According to the ex-US Secretary of state, Putin supports nationalism among Russians in order to hide the fact that Russia is actually “just Bangladesh with a nuclear Arsenal”.
Crimea became part of Russia after a local referendum in March 2014, where the majority of voters (96.7 percent) are in favor of joining the Republic in the Russian Federation. However, Ukraine and Western countries refused to recognize this referendum and introduced against Russia sanctions.
Moscow has repeatedly said that the inhabitants of Crimea democratically in full compliance with international law and the UN Charter voted for reunification with Russia, and this decision is the reality that must be reckoned with.
