the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, said this Thursday 27th that he was on good terms with both PT and PT Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva how much with the current president Jair Bolsonaro. The answer was given to the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper at the closing session of the 19th annual meeting of Clube Valdai a Kremlinaffiliated discussion group holding a meeting between Russian academics, businessmen and politicians with international analysts.
“We have good relations with Lula and also with Mr Bolsonaro. We don’t interfere in internal political processes, that’s the most important thing,” the Russian president said when asked about a possible return of Lula to the presidency.
Putin on Lula and Bolsonaro: ‘There is consensus on cooperation with Russia’
The Russian President stressed this Thursday (27) that he has a good relationship with the two candidates while answering a question sent by Folha de São Paulo.
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Putin also stated that regardless of who the new president of Brazil is, cooperation with Russia must remain the same and even expand. “We know that despite the sharp political dispute in the internal political processes, there is consensus (between Lula and Bolsonaro) on cooperation with Russia, consensus on our engagement in the BRICS, which is fundamental for us. We have a consensual and interaction relationship with Brazil. We consider Brazil to be our most important partner in Latin America and we will continue to do so. We will do our best to further develop our relationship in the future.”
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Bolsonaro and Putin met in Moscow in February this year Photo: Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via Portal
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At the same event, Putin said Russia was defending its “right to exist” against the West, which wanted to “destroy” it while Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine.
“Russia does not challenge the Western elites. Russia is just trying to defend its right to exist,” Putin said.
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Lula and Putin had a good relationship throughout the years of the PT government in Brazil. Photo: Estaão
For the Russian president, the next decade will be “the most dangerous” since the end of World War II. “The next decade is probably the most dangerous, unpredictable and at the same time important decade since the end of World War II,” he predicted, adding that the situation was “to some extent revolutionary”. / AFP