Russia is going to continue to defend the rights of its compatriots abroad actively and will resort to all available means for the purpose, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday,
RIA Novosti reports.
“I want everyone to understand [that] our country will continue to actively defend the rights of Russians, our compatriots abroad, [and will] use all available means for the purpose —from political and economic [measures] to humanitarian operations permitted by international law,” Putin is quoted by the news agency as saying at a meeting with Russian ambassadors and permanent envoys.
Putin also stressed that what happened in Ukraine is the climax of negative trends in global affairs accumulated over the past years, and that Russia has warned its partners about this build-up.
