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7 Feb 2015
Moscow (AFP) - President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said Russia is not at war and does not want war with anyone, but sharply criticised Western sanctions over Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a cabinet meeting outside Moscow, on February 4, 2015 (AFP Photo/Michael Klimentyev) |
Moscow (AFP) - President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said Russia is not at war and does not want war with anyone, but sharply criticised Western sanctions over Ukraine.
"There's
no war, thank God. But there is definitely an attempt to curb our
development," Putin told a trade union conference, cited by TASS news
agency.
He criticised
sanctions imposed on Russia by the West over Ukraine saying "they
definitely can't be effective against a country like ours, although they cause
certain damage and we have to realise this... We must raise our level of
sovereignty, including in our economy."
Putin
complained of an attempt to "freeze the existing world order that has
become established over the last decades after the fall of the Soviet Union,
with a single leader who wants to stay that way," apparently talking about
the United States.
"Such
a world order will never suit Russia," he said. "If somebody likes it
or wants to live in conditions of semi-occupation (then go ahead), but we won't
do this."
"But
we don't plan to fight a war with anyone. We plan to cooperate with
everyone."
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Brian
Williams said: ‘Upon my return, I will continue my career-long effort to be
worthy of
the trust of those who place their trust in us.’ Photograph: NBCU Photo
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NBC news anchor Brian Williams will step off air while the network continues its investigation into inaccuracies in his reporting, he announced on Saturday.
Williams has come under pressure after veterans questioned his account of an incident involving two US helicopters that came under fire in Iraq in 2003. His reporting from New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 was subsequently called into question.
In a statement, Williams said: “In the midst of a career spent covering and consuming news, it has become painfully apparent to me that I am presently too much a part of the news, due to my actions.
“As managing editor of NBC Nightly News, I have decided to take myself off my daily broadcast for the next several days, and Lester Holt has kindly agreed to sit in for me to allow us to adequately deal with this issue. Upon my return, I will continue my career-long effort to be worthy of the trust of those who place their trust in us.”
On Friday, NBC News president Deborah Turness said in an internal memo to staff: “This has been a difficult few days for all of us at NBC News. As you would expect, we have a team dedicated to gathering the facts to help us make sense of all that has transpired. We’re working on what the best next steps are.”
Regarding his version of events in Iraq, Williams apologised on air on Wednesday, saying: “I made a mistake in recalling the events of 12 years ago. I want to apologise. I said I was traveling in an aircraft that was hit by RPG fire. I was instead in a following aircraft.”
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— Mary Georgantopoulos (@marygeorgant) February 10, 2015
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