Russian President Vladimir Putin (pictured) said Wednesday that the potential for conflict in the world and the region «remains very high.»
«Today, your work is especially significant. The potential for conflict in the world as a whole and at the regional level remains very high,» Putin said at a meeting with representatives of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). During the event, Putin took the opportunity to point out that the government knew about Ukraine’s plans to use a «dirty bomb.»
Finally, and about the Ukraine crisis, the Russian president added that the world is becoming multipolar and affirmed that the pan-European energy network had been destroyed after the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline.