article_snippet.sent: But Putin claimed a few days later the heads of Russia's FSB received a letter from their American counterparts, which said their had the right to support opposition forces in Russia. '
article_snippet.sent: Someone over there, especially the West's intelligence services, obviously thought that if Someone over there, especially the West's intelligence services act to destabilize Someone over there, especially the West's intelligence services main geopolitical rival, which, as we now understand, in Someone over there, especially the West's intelligence services eyes has always been Russia, it would be good for Someone over there, especially the West's intelligence services.
article_snippet.sent: Putin said Putin had warned the West about the possible dangers of supporting terrorists.
article_snippet.sent: Following a disastrous war in the 1990s, Russia fought Islamic insurgents in Chechnya and neighboring regions in the volatile North Caucasus. '
article_snippet.sent: They were actually helping They, even with transportation,' Putin said.
article_snippet.sent: Putin even defended the annexation of Crimea as a response to the will of the people, saying it righted a historical injustice.
article_snippet.sent: The annexation of the Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine in March 2014 provoked the worst crisis between the West and Russia since the end of the Cold War.
article_snippet.sent: It's not because Crimea has a strategic importance in the Black Sea region.
article_snippet.sent: Putin also said sanctions imposed by the West after the annexation of Crimea were aimed at halting Russia's progress as a global power.
article_snippet.sent: Putin condemned punitive sanctions imposed by the United States and European Union. '
article_snippet.sent: we have witnessed such attempts during Russia's entire history, dating back to tsarist times.
article_snippet.sent: This attempt to deter Russia, this policy, has been known for a long time, for centuries.
article_snippet.sent: Putin also expressed Putin fears that the West the West wishes Russia harm as Putin recalled how some world leaders told Putin some world leaders would not mind Russia's possible disintegration. '