Kremlin: worsening of Russia-West ties not to influence domestic processes

Conflict situations on the global arena won’t affect domestic processes in Russia, including the forming of a new Cabinet, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

The spokesman noted that the international agenda has no significant influence on these issues. "There is absolute self-sufficiency here, that is why some conflict situations are unlikely to influence this or that domestic process," Peskov said.

He noted that the president has "an absolutely harmonic, clear, consistent and impressive plan for the country’s development" and this plan has already started taking shape "with the issuing of the list of president’s instructions on the basis of which such a road-map will be drawn up this way or another".

"The existence of this plan demonstrates that the president is fully concentrated on Russia’s domestic affairs - on seeing Russia developing on the basis of the existing potentials, on the basis of new opportunities that are to be opened up," the spokesperson stressed.

According to Peskov, Russian society is consolidated around the country’s development programs proposed by Putin rather than because of accusations made from the outside.

Yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the start of substantive work on shaping the future government. He said that "all changes to the government should be carried out by the president who has assumed office for a new term". "That is why I will be now thinking about what must be done and how," the president explained.

Peskov, in turn, noted that Russian society is maximally consolidated as it is. "It is consolidated around plans on the country’s further development rather than someone’s accusations, and the results of the election have shown that as tellingly as possible," TASS cited the spokesman as saying.