Putin emphatically rejected suggestions that Moscow had designs on former territories of the Soviet Union or the Russian Empire and insisted that Russia doesn't want to attack NATO.
Don't form an image of Russia as an enemy,' he told reporters.
He accused western countries, including Germany, of prolonging the conflict in Ukraine by supplying arms to Kyiv and raised the prospect of an 'asymmetrical' response.
On German domestic politics, Putin denied any 'systematic links' to the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, saying he saw 'no signs of neo-Nazism,' but expressed readiness to work with 'anyone willing to cooperate with Russia.'
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