This is Vladimir Putin’s latest move to sanction Western leaders who oppose Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Russian president will not send New Year’s wishes to American leaders Joe Biden, French Emmanuel Macron and German Olaf Scholz, the Kremlin said on Friday, December 30, in the midst of a crisis between Moscow and the West.
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“These counterparts send us no wishes. In fact, we have no contact with them. And given the unfriendly acts they constantly undertake, the president will not send them well wishes”justified to the press Dmitri Peskov, spokesperson for the Russian presidency.
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Conversely, Vladimir Putin has already sent wishes for a happy new year 2023 to several leaders closer to the Kremlin.
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According to a list published Friday by the Russian presidency, Vladimir Putin congratulated in particular the Chinese presidents Xi Jinping, Turkish Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Syrian Bashar al-Assad, Venezuelan Nicolas Maduro, as well as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
According to the Kremlin, he also sent greetings to two former Western leaders, Italian Silvio Berlusconi and German Gerhard Schröder.
