Vladimir Poutine is "
responsible for all kinds of terrible things
", commented Wednesday March 23 the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, without going so far as to qualify the Russian president of "
killer
" as did Joe Biden.
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Justin Trudeau, unaccustomed to criticizing other leaders in public, was asked about recent remarks by the US president against his Russian counterpart.
"
Whether it is the invasion of Crimea, the major cyber attacks for which he is responsible and the attempt to destabilize our democracies, I am sure he is responsible for all kinds of terrible things because his behavior continues to demonstrate it
", he commented in an interview on Sirius XM.
Asked whether he also considered Vladimir Putin as a "
killer
", Justin Trudeau admitted, however, that he had "
no information
" allowing him to affirm it.
He recalled having met the Russian president a few times abroad since he became prime minister in 2015. “
I always had the impression that he was looking at you and telling you what was wrong with him. arranges at some point
, ”he said.
"
What the Western world or Canada thinks of him does not particularly interest him
."
Vladimir Poutine is "
neither a support nor a friend
" of Canada, concludes Justin Trudeau.
"
We must remain lucid and far-sighted in our way of approaching him
".
Hours earlier, Ottawa announced new sanctions against nine Russian officials to protest the treatment inflicted on Vladimir Putin's main opponent, Alexei Navalny.
