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"The whole world is laughing at what is happening" in the US. We are behaving with more restraint than their opponents in other countries, but this is just a catastrophe, not a democracy - that's what it is."Putin claimed that the current US administration is using all its resources to attack a candidate for this year's presidential election, seemingly referring to Donald Trump. The former US leader is facing a litany of lawsuits despite being the presumptive Republican nominee for the vote in November.
"One should understand that this process 'didn't happen in a vacuum' and was the byproduct of a quarter century of dedicated work on behalf of Vladimir Putin for Russia and the Russian people."
"Niger regrets the intention of the American delegation to deny the sovereign Nigerien people the right to choose their partners and types of partnerships capable of truly helping them fight against terrorism."This charge of the US not respecting the West African nation's sovereignty comes in reaction to recent Western intelligence claims that Niger has been engaged in secret talks and deal-making to grant Iran access to its uranium. US officials have also bitterly complained about Niger cozying up to Moscow.
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