Press Secretary of the US President Jane Psaki on Wednesday, April 21, said that the White House does not take into account the comparison of Russian leader Vladimir Putin of Russia’s enemies with the characters in the book “The Jungle Book” by writer Rudyard Kipling.
The current American administration has “thick skin,” Psaki said at a briefing broadcast in the official Twitter-the White House account.
We are talking about Putin’s statement in the course of his message to the Federal Assembly, which took place earlier on the same day. The head of state compared the enemies of Russia to Sherkhan, around whom the tobacco swirls. At the same time, the President stressed that Moscow wants to have good relations with all members of the international community, but is ready to defend its interests.
The head of state noted that the Russian Federation often behaves “in the highest degree of restraint, one might say, modestly”
“We often do not respond at all not only to unfriendly actions, but also to outright rudeness,” he said.
The Russian leader expressed the hope that no one will cross the so-called red line in relations with Russia. At the same time, he stressed that the implementation of this line will be considered by Moscow on a case-by-case basis.
Later, the press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, explained that insults, interference in the internal processes of the country and its national interests would be considered red lines in relation to the West, which Putin spoke of.