Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the US of a „battle without rules“ in view of numerous „trade wars“. „In fact, a fight is going on without rules, including frightening and eliminating competitors with the help of non-market methods,“ Putin said today, according to Kremlin, in the Central Asian ex-Soviet republic of Tajikistan. He appeared in the capital Dushanbe at a security conference in Asian countries.
„As never before, our collective efforts are needed to find a way out of the situation,“ Putin said. The Kremlin leader called for new confidence and standards of fair economic cooperation.
Russia is not only accusing the US of illegal sanctions against its own economy. Putin repeatedly criticized the US „trade war“ with China. For the third time this month, he also met China’s state and party leader Xi Jinping, who celebrated his 66th birthday in Dushanbe today. Putin handed Xi a box of Russian ice cream as a gift, as he often did in the past. Both started with sparkling wine.
