A week after initial excerpts of Megan Kelly’s interview Russian President Vladimir Putin were released, the Russian presidential office published a transcript of the full interview on its official website on Saturday morning, specifying the conversation took place in two seatings, in the Kremlin on March 1 and in Kaliningrad on March 2.
As we noted last week from the initial excerpts, despite Mueller’s 37-page indictment, Putin said he has seen no evidence thus far that the alleged meddling broke any laws.
“We in Russia cannot prosecute anyone as long as they have not violated Russian law… At least send us a piece of paper… Give us a document. Give us an official request. And we’ll take a look at it.”
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“Could anyone really believe that Russia, thousands of miles away… influenced the outcome of the election? Doesn’t that sound ridiculous even to you?” Putin asked…
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“It’s not our goal to interfere. We do not see what goal we would accomplish by interfering. There’s no goal,” Putin said.
But, in perhaps the most aggressive and controversial section of the entire, often-combative, 90-minute interview with NBC television, Putin suggested that we do not know if these people were Russians, they may have been jews… and this may have been a false flag…
“Why have you decided the Russian authorities, myself included, gave anybody permission to do this?” Putin asked
“So what if they’re Russians?” Putin said of the allegations.
“No, this is not true. If they violated Russian law, we will prosecute them. If they did not, there is nothing to prosecute them for in Russia. But after all, you must understand that people in Russia do not live under US law but under Russian law. This is how it is. If you want to reach an agreement with us, let us negotiate, choose the subject, make an agreement and sign it. But you refuse to do this. “
“I am telling you for the third time: we have proposed working together on cyberspace issues. But the US refuses to work like this and instead throws 13 Russians to the media.”
“Maybe they are not even Russians, but Ukrainians, Tatars or Jews, but with Russian citizenship, which should also be checked: maybe they have dual citizenship or a Green Card; maybe, the US paid them for this.
How can you know that? I do not know either. “
Additionally, Putin said “So What?” nine times throughout the interview, all in relation to the allegations.
Full Interview below (ensure to select English Subtitles). The “jews” comment begins around 48:00…
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Full Transcript can found here…
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