Putin: the line between the opposition and the “fifth column” hard to see – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, December 18 – RIA Novosti. Russian President Vladimir Putin, responding to a question about his earlier-mentioned term “fifth column”, called a very thin line between the opposition and the “fifth column”, noting that the latter defend the interests of another state.

“The boundaries between the opposition and the” fifth column “inside it, it is difficult to see outside. What is it? oppositionist, even very hard, in the end to end fighting for the interests of their country, and the “fifth column” – so, those who perform what is dictated by the interests of other states, and they are used as a tool to achieve political goals alien to us “, – Putin said at a big press conference on Thursday .

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