We can see everything on the side

The United States is directly related to the overthrow of Viktor Yanukovych from the post of President of Ukraine in 2014. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with CBS and PBS television channels, the text of which is published by the Kremlin press service.

“I know about it for sure,” said Putin. “We know who, when, when I met, worked with those people who overthrew Yanukovych, how they were supported, how they were paid, how they were prepared, in what territories, in which countries and who we all know. Actually, our American partners no longer hide this.”

At the same time, the president said that Russia respects the sovereignty of Ukraine. “But we would like other countries to respond to the sovereignty of other countries, including Ukraine. And to respect sovereignty - this means not to allow government upheavals, anti -constitutional actions and illegal displacement of legitimate authorities,” Putin noted and is not going to take part in actions aimed at overthrowing the legitimate power. ”

On March 4, 2014, Putin said that he considers the change of power in Ukraine an anti -constitutional coup and armed seizure of power. In the situation in Ukraine , he accused the West . “This is all very well prepared. Western instructors tried. But if the power were strong, no nationalists could have committed those pogroms, the result of which we now see. Sometimes they sit somewhere in America over a great puddle and how they conduct experiments on rats, not understanding the consequences of what they are doing. Why they do it, they have turned a political life in Ukraine,” he said.

In the future, Putin repeatedly stated that the change of power in Ukraine occurred with the direct support of the West and the USA.

On Monday, Putin will perform at the UN General Assembly. After that, his conversation with US President Barack Obama is planned . According to the representative of the White House, the main goal of the meeting from the point of view of the United States is to convince Russia to adhere to the conditions of a truce in Ukraine. The press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov said that the situation in Syria will be the key topic of negotiations.