Putin: America Uses Terrorists To Destabilize The Internal Political Situation In Russia

BAGHDAD, Iraq (NINA) - The United States is using terrorists to destabilize Russia's internal political situation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday. "When problems started in the North Caucasus and Chechnya in Russia, the Americans supported these operations," Putin said in an interview with Oliver Stone in a documentary broadcast on Showtime. "The Cold War is over, we had clear and transparent relations with the whole world, Europe and the United States, and of course we relied on support, and instead we saw that the US Special Forces supported terrorists," he said. "I tell you that we have a firm view that our American partners are talking about Russia's support and willingness to cooperate, including in the fight against terrorism, but in fact they are using terrorists to destabilize Russia's internal political situation." Putin said the United States had helped al-Qaeda's terrorist organization rise on its own and should be aware of its responsibility. "Al-Qaeda is not the result of our activity, this is the result of our American friends' activities, and this has started since the Soviet war in Afghanistan, when the US Special Forces supported various fundamentalist Islamic movements in fighting the Soviet forces in Afghanistan." "The Americans have sponsored al-Qaeda and bin Laden themselves," he said. "Things are out of control," he said, adding that "that always happens, and our partners in the United States should have known that./ End