Putin called suspicions about Moscow's desire to sow chaos in Britain nonsense

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Putin: Russia sowing chaos on the streets of Britain?! This is complete nonsense!
Russian President Vladimir Putin answered journalists' questions at a press conference following the 16th BRICS summit in Kazan.

Putin called suspicions about Moscow's desire to sow chaos in Britain nonsense.

Statements about Moscow's desire to sow chaos on the streets of British cities are nonsense, President Vladimir Putin said during a press conference following the BRICS summit.

"Thank you for reminding me about this part [of the question]. Well, this is complete nonsense," the politician said.

According to Putin, what is happening in European cities is the result of the domestic policies of certain countries.

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In early October, Ken McCallum, the head of British counterintelligence MI5, said that Russian spies had set themselves the goal of creating "chaos on British and European streets." McCallum accused the Russian GRU of "dangerous acts committed with increasing recklessness," including cases of "arson, sabotage and more."

The economies of some European countries are on the verge of recession, but Russia has nothing to do with it, Putin added. The President recalled that Western countries, for political reasons, refused Russian energy carriers with the existing Nord Stream in the Baltic Sea — "you just need to press the button."

"This leads to a decrease in people's standard of living. But what do we have to do with it? As we say, an attempt to shift from a sore head to a healthy one," Putin said.

Statements about Russia's refusal to resume contacts with European countries are a lie, the Russian president said. According to the head of state, Moscow receives various signals about the possibility of communication with Western partners and does not close itself off from them.

"When we hear that we refuse, I refuse to have any conversations, contacts, including with European leaders - I want to tell you that this is a lie. We have never refused and we are not refusing now," Putin said.

Moscow is open to resuming relations, but will not impose itself, the Russian president stressed.

The BRICS Summit in Kazan is taking place from October 22 to 24. BRICS is an interstate association established in 2006. Russia has been chairman of the organization since January 1. This year's BRICS events are held under the motto "Strengthening multilateralism for equitable global development and security."