Putin quoted the words from Vysotsky's "Song of Rumors", speaking about the West

On October 2, Russian President Vladimir Putin quoted lines from a song by the famous Soviet songwriter Vladimir Vysotsky, commenting on the political situation in the West.

The Russian leader noted that in the West they are trying to restrict freedom even for political opponents who enjoy the trust of citizens.

"Even the military parade was canceled! They're going to ban everyone to hell soon! But it doesn't work," he said during the plenary session of the XXII annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club.

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On September 25, the head of the State Duma's defense committee, Andrei Kartapolov, said that Europe was preparing for the covert deployment of aviation and air defense systems on the border with Russia. In addition, the movement of aircraft from the UK and France has already been recorded. He believes that such actions take place under the guise of reports of alleged violations of Russian airspace.

Later, on October 2, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, commenting on relations with Western countries, said that the parties were in a state of "another form of conflict" that went beyond the cold war. According to her, the "hype" around the so-called Russian drones is being used by Europe to justify a direct clash with the Russian Federation in the eyes of the public.

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