Peskov says Lee Kuan Yew called Putin’s economic policy liberal

Singapore’s first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew assessed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s economic policy as "excessively liberal," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

"Lee Kuan Yew made visits to Moscow and gave his assessment of President Putin’s economic policy. He said "from my viewpoint, Putin pursues an excessively liberal policy," this was a notable statement to hear from such a reformer as Lee Kuan Yew," TASS cited Peskov as saying."Putin was familiar with Lee Kuan Yew and they communicated several times. He highly valued his experience of communication and generally Lee Kuan Yew’s experience in economic reform implementation," the Kremlin spokesman said.

"Lee Kuan Yew made visits to Moscow and gave his assessment of President Putin’s economic policy. He said "from my viewpoint, Putin pursues an excessively liberal policy," this was a notable statement to hear from such a reformer as Lee Kuan Yew," TASS cited Peskov as saying.

"Putin was familiar with Lee Kuan Yew and they communicated several times. He highly valued his experience of communication and generally Lee Kuan Yew’s experience in economic reform implementation," the Kremlin spokesman said.