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Vladimir Putin Laments West's 2014 Support of 'Coup' in Ukraine

  • Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2016 (SPIEF 2016) in St. Petersburg, Russia, June 17, 2016.

    Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2016 (SPIEF 2016) in St. Petersburg, Russia, June 17, 2016. | Photo: Reuters

Published 17 June 2016
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The Russian leader said the way power had changed hands had led to bloodshed and had frightened the Russian-speaking population in Crimea and south-eastern Ukraine.

President Vladimir Putin complained on Friday about what he called the West's support for 'a coup d'etat' in Ukraine in 2014 during which the country's pro-Moscow president fled.

"Why support a coup d'etat in Ukraine? ... It is likely that the opposition, which is currently in power, would have come to power by democratic means," Putin said at a question and answer session during the St Petersburg International Economic Forum.

He said the way power had changed hands had led to bloodshed and had frightened the Russian-speaking population in Crimea and south-eastern Ukraine.

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Russia Politics War & conflict Ukraine Putin

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