Tension between the Russian president, Vladimir Putinand his head of intelligence abroad in the middle of a meeting of his security council in which the recognition of the independence of Donetsk and Lugansk.
“In the worst case, we have to make a decision,” said the director of Russia’s foreign intelligence service, Sergei Naryshkin, to which Putin grew impatient: “What do you mean by ‘worst case’? Are you suggesting we start negotiating?” he asked.
Before Naryshkin could answer, the Russian leader blurted out: “Speak, speak clearly”. The head of foreign intelligence ended by expressing his support for the entry of Donetsk and Lugansk into the Russian Federation, to which Putin responded as follows: “No we are not discussing that. We talked about recognizing their independence or not.”
The video of the moment, distributed by the Kremlin itself on Monday, was recorded during a high-level meeting on the Ukraine crisis, and showed Putin consulting different ministers and intelligence chiefs on the recognition of both pro-Russian regions of eastern Ukraine. .
On the same Monday, Putin officially announced the recognition of independence of the two self-proclaimed popular republics and ordered the russian army entry in them.
Source: Lasexta
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