Russian troops withdrawn from drills near western borders to avoid speculations on Ukraine's elections - Putin
21 May 2014, 15:23 -- It has been decided to send subdivisions of the Armed Forces, which held drills near Russian's western border, to their sites of permanent deployment in order to avoid speculations during the elections in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
'In order to create additional and favorable conditions around the upcoming presidential elections in Ukraine and in order to avoid speculations [we did this]. If someone does see what is happening, let them look closer,' Putin told reporters.
Russian special services are closely watching the movements of Ukrainian right radical groups across the Russian border.
'We are watching very closely all movements of some radical groups in Ukraine and some have been detained in Russia,' Putin told reporters in Shanghai on Wednesday. Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) employees watch quite closely their movements in Ukraine and once they cross the Russian border, Putin said.
Vladimir Putin said he regrets that the tragic events in Odessa have still not been appropriately evaluated by the international community and warned that more tragic events may occur.
'The horrible things that occurred in Odessa, which we all saw on television, have still not been duly and appropriately evaluated by the international community. If we don't do it, such crimes may occur again,' Putin said, Interfax reports.
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