Excerpt from President Vladimir Putin's news conference following 16th BRICS Summit (24 October 2024)

Excerpt from President Vladimir Putin’s news conference following 16th BRICS Summit (24 October 2024) Steven Rosenberg, BBC: I have read the final BRICS statement, which refers to the need for global and regional stability, security and just peace. In general, the motto of Russia’s BRICS chairmanship includes such notions, it seems to me – justice and security. But how does all this relate to your actions in the last two and a half years, with the invasion of Ukraine? Where is justice, stability and security, including the security of Russia? Because there were no drone attacks on Russian territory, no shelling of Russian cities, and no foreign troops occupying Russian territory before the start of the special military operation – this did not happen. Vladimir Putin: I will start with Russia’s security because it is the most important thing for me. You have mentioned drone attacks and so on. Yes, this was not the case, but there was a much worse situation. The situation was that w... Source: Embassy of the Russian Federation in London