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Obama: ''Russia doesn't make anything''
8/8/2014 11:03:14 AM
In an interview The Economist, Obama described Russia as a country that doesn't make anything.
Russia is the world's third-largest oil producer and second-largest natural gas producer. Europe relies heavily on Russian energy exports (that's Russia stealing from Siberians - KC).
Obama downplayed Moscow's role in the world, dismissing President Vladimir Putin as a leader causing short-term trouble for political gain that will hurt Russia in the long term.
"Russia I think has always had a Janus-like quality, both looking east and west, and I think President Putin represents a deep strain in Russia that is probably harmful to Russia over the long term, but in the short term can be politically popular at home and very troublesome abroad. But I do think it's important to keep perspective. Russia doesn't make anything", Obama said in an interview with The Economist.
"Immigrants aren't rushing to Moscow in search of opportunity. The life expectancy of the Russian male is around 60 years old. The population is shrinking", he said.
Speaking of Russia's "regional challenges", Obama said in the interview: "We have to make sure that they don't escalate where suddenly nuclear weapons are back in the discussion of foreign policy".
Obama told Putin last week that he believes Russia violated the 1988 Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces treaty designed to eliminate ground-launched cruise missiles.
It is to be noted that in the wide-ranging interview Obama paid Russia only about 3% of his time - it is too small, politically deadlocked country on the margins of history, devoid of the future.
The main part of the interview relating to Africa and Red China.
Department of Monitoring
Kavkaz Center
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