🎙 Excerpt from President Vladimir Putin's remarks at the plenary meeting of the 11th Eastern Economic Forum (Vladivostok, 3 September) 💬 First and foremost, it is Russia and Ukraine that must reach an agreement between themselves [...] This is the right approach. But we are grateful to everyone who is trying to contribute to settling this issue. The seizure of civilian vessels, [Ukrainian] strikes on commercial ships, and the threats we have just heard about attacks on civilian aircraft are a manifestation of state terrorism. This undoubtedly complicates the prospects for holding bilateral peace talks. Those who remain silent, those who turn a blind eye to this – I mean, above all, Ukraine’s Western allies – become accomplices in international terrorism. There is no other way to interpret it. Read in full