Anonymous ID: 790adb Dec. 20, 2018, 9:19 a.m. No.4392024   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>2050

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has accused the UK and US political classes of "disrespecting" the public by questioning the Brexit referendum and Donald Trump's election.

 

"They don't want to recognise [President Trump's] victory. That's disrespect of voters," Mr Putin said.

 

"It's the same in Britain: Brexit happened, but nobody wants to implement it."

 

The president's comments came at his year-end press conference in Moscow.

 

Russia's leader also said British Prime Minister Theresa May has no choice but to follow through with Brexit, as failing to do so would undermine UK democracy.

 

"She must enact the will of the people, expressed during the referendum," he said. "Or otherwise it is not a referendum at all: doing it over and over again if someone did not like it [the result]. Is it a democracy?"

Mr Putin described relations with the UK as in "deadlock," saying it was in both countries' interests to improve matters.

 

"Are we interested in restoring full relations with Britain? Yes, we are interested," he said. "And we know that British [companies] work pretty actively here."

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Russia's president also accused the US of having world domination on its mind.

 

On Wednesday, Mr Trump announced that he would withdraw US troops from Syria, saying Islamic State forces had been defeated there.

 

Mr Putin cautiously welcomed the move, but questioned whether it would actually happen.

 

"We don't see signs of a pullout," he said, adding that the US "has been in Afghanistan 17 years, and they always say they're withdrawing".

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46630723