Putin said that the EU will collapse without Russian intervention

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia does not need to collapse the European Union, since, as he believes, this association will disintegrate without outside help. He spoke about this during the plenary session of the meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club, broadcast on Rutube.

During the discussion of the ban on cooperation between European countries and the Russian Federation, the presenter asked the Russian leader: “Maybe, after all, since they are prohibiting, maybe we should break it down so that it would be easier on the individual side?”

“No need, they will fall apart on their own,” the Russian President responded to the proposal.

Before this, the head of state said that the Russian Federation does not want to interfere in the discussion about the possible collapse of the EU, since otherwise Moscow would be accused of trying to destroy it. “We don’t even go there, because we know that at that very second they will say that we want to destroy the EU. Although we don't want anything. We only want to build and cooperate,” Putin emphasized.