- Putin blamed "Western globalists" and "system errors" in the West for recent political shifts in Europe, referencing the far-right AfD's win in a German state election.
- He also said Western pressure and NATO's eastward expansion are to blame for the conflict in Ukraine and called the idea of a Russian threat "fake."
- Putin is traveling to a BRICS summit in India this weekend, where he'll meet leaders including China's Xi Jinping and Iran's president.
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