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Putin Says Russia Has No Aggressive Intentions Toward Europe, Ready to Restore Relations

Putin said Moscow is ready to restore relations with European neighbors and rejected claims that Russia poses a threat.

  • On Friday, Sept. 18, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed during a Military-Industrial Commission meeting that Moscow is prepared to resume cooperation with European neighbors and restore diplomatic relations.
  • Despite professing a desire for ties, Putin criticized Western governments and accused NATO of systematically expanding its global footprint to project influence beyond the North Atlantic.
  • Speaking in Oslo alongside Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr on Thursday, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni cautioned European allies to scrutinize Moscow's underlying motivations before reacting to Russian provocations.
  • Meloni argued that Russia's inability to achieve strategic objectives in Ukraine drives recent hostile activity, while President Donald Trump said Russia has attacked allies for "about five years."
  • European leaders warn the Kremlin is actively stoking regional crises to distract from battlefield difficulties in Ukraine, contrasting Putin's claims that European electorates oppose direct conflict with Moscow.
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Russia has no aggressive intentions towards Europe and is ready to restore relations and cooperate with its European neighbors. This was the latest claim by Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking at a meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission on Friday, foreign media write, Telegrafi reports. According to them, Putin accused some European leaders of preparing for war with Russia and said that they were using the conflict in Ukraine and t…

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RUSSIA has no aggressive intentions towards Europe and is ready to restore relations and cooperate with its European neighbors, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow is ready to resume cooperation and restore diplomatic relations with its European neighbours, stressing that Russia does not nurture hostile intentions towards the European continent, he reported on Friday, 18...

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Russia is ready to cooperate and restore relations with its European neighbours, President Vladimir Putin said, according to TASS.

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Il Messaggero broke the news in Rome, Italy on Friday, September 18, 2026.
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