Victoria Nuland
Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland said that the United States fears the re-establishment of the USSR by Russian President Vladimir Putin. RIA Novosti reports her words.
“There are fears that he is trying to recreate the Soviet Union as a project of his legacy, and then who knows if his appetite will be satisfied with what he has eaten or will he decide to go further?” She said.
Nuland once again warned Russia against “invading Ukraine” and noted that the confrontation with the Ukrainian army would cost “a lot of blood.” At the same time, the level of support for Russia among Ukrainians, she said, “reached an all-time high of 12 percent or so.”
In June, Vladimir Putin found similar problems in the United States and the USSR, and also expressed the opinion that the United States is following the path of the Soviet Union. “What is the problem with empires – they think they are so powerful,” he said. However, at the same time, the number of problems only increases, and there comes a time when it is no longer possible to cope with them.
