Putin says Russia will continue to develop nuclear weapons

In July, he said that if he were elected president, “I think I would just get along very well with Vladimir Putin”. Trump’s remarks about Putin were in stark contrast to his Republican rivals’ rhetoric. Putin, speaking on Thursday at his year-end news conference, told reporters he welcomed Trump’s desire for better relations with Russian Federation. We were ready to make the efforts needed to reach a joint understanding.

Trump said it would be “despicable” for the Russian leader to kill journalists.

So what if Mr. Putin has ordered the killing of journalists and the invasion of Crimea, Mr. Trump said Friday, in response to a question from MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, on “Morning Joe”.

“As far as the reporters are concerned obviously, I don’t want that to happen”.

Anchor George Stephanopoulos asked Trump if he had a problem with Putin’s reputation for killing journalists and political opponents. Thirty two of those killings went unsolved. A lot of stupidity. Trump addressed the issue on ABCs “This Week” on Sunday. He also applauded Putin as “a leader, unlike, you know, what we have in this country”. “He has always denied it. You’re supposed to be innocent until proven guilty, at least in our country”. What am I going to say, he’s a weak leader? “He’s making mincemeat out of our president”. “Right? I mean, look: We’re all tough guys”. Not us bear the full cost, sometimes? Everybody and you know, it’d be nice to have peace in the world. The Russian side, represented by Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev, said that unless the agreement was reached by the end of the year, Russia was likely to introduce a food embargo against Ukraine starting January. “I think it would be a positive thing if Russian Federation and the United States actually got along and they could work to the mutual good of getting rid of ISIS”.

In the fake statement, Kasich’s campaign noted that Trump “picked Putin to be his vice president for his strong approach to dealing with dissent, flexible approach to democracy, rule of law and the Constitution, and his willingness to regularly violate other countries’ territorial integrity in blatant violation of global law if it suited his aims”.

One of the most prominent was Anna Politkovskaya, 46, a writer for Novaya Gazeta who was shot dead in her Moscow apartment block on October 7, 2006, Putin’s birthday.

President Vladimir Putin says Russian Federation will continue to develop nuclear weapons but doesn’t intend to use them. “Because they both play on people’s fears; they both play on people’s insecurities”.