Russia is open to the rest of the world and ready for developing equal partnership with other countries, said Vladimir Putin He dismissed treatment Russia through strength and sanctions as ineffective and warned against scheming, reports GHN based on RT.
"Talking to Russia from a position of strength is meaningless," said Putin in his annual state of the nation address to the Federal Assembly, stressing that the ‘deterrence policy' towards Russia is nothing new.
"The deterrence policy was not invented yesterday, it has been always conducted towards our country, for decades, if not centuries," Putin noted.
"Every time somebody considers Russia is becoming too powerful and independent, such instruments are turned on immediately," said Putin.
The US has always been, either directly or behind the scenes, affecting relations between Russia and its neighbors, the president said.
"I've mentioned our American friends for a good reason," Putin said. "Because sometimes you don't even know to whom it is better to talk to: the governments of certain countries or directly with their American patrons."
Further deployment of America's global anti-ballistic missile defense poses a threat to the US and those European countries that agreed to host it, because it builds up a dangerous illusion of invincibility, Putin said.
"This [ABM] constitutes a threat not only to the security of Russia, but to the whole world, in view of the possible destabilization of the strategic balance of powers. I believe this is dangerous for the US itself, as it creates a dangerous illusion of invulnerability and reinforces the tendency of unilateral, often ill-considered decisions and additional risks," Putin said.