Volodin refused to consider sanctions against Putin as sanctions against Putin

The US sanctions that they promised in the event of Russia's "invasion" of Ukraine are not aimed at President Vladimir Putin, but at the choice of the Russian people, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said on TELEGRAM.

“In the understanding of the citizens of our country, these sanctions are not against Putin, but against the choice of the people of the Russian Federation,” he wrote.

According to Volodin, the United States does not like the fact that under Putin RUSSIA "has become strong and independent." The US wants a "loyal and controlled" president, he said.

Putin "did not allow the collapse of the country, stopped the war in the Caucasus", made the country "economically independent and sovereign", strengthened its defense capability and "forced us to reckon with" Russia, the speaker of the State Duma continued.