WITH CULTURE KNOWN AS SAW NOTHING, HEARD NOTHING, KNOW NOTHING
@DUTCH MARK RUTTE - IS THIS REAL PUTIN OR HAVE I POSTED FAKE VIDEO !!?????
Интервью в эфире программы «Завтрак с Фростом» на телеканале «Би-би-си»
5 марта 2000 года.
DAVID FROST: And wouldn't it be a positive move also if more journalists were allowed into Chechnya so they could see those things you are talking about for themselves?
VLADIMIR PUTIN: I agree, of course. And that is exactly what we've been doing. We have set in place a significantly simplified procedure of accrediting foreign journalists in Chechnya and the Caucasus as a whole. I have already mentioned that the authorities have a vested interest in obtaining objective information. It is not only the public that is interested in receiving objective information, we are, too. This is an instrument we would gladly use. The only thing that causes our concern is security considerations.
DAVID FROST: Tell me about your views on NATO, if you would. Do you see NATO as a potential partner, or a rival or an enemy?
VLADIMIR PUTIN: Russia is part of the European culture. And I cannot imagine my own country in isolation from Europe and what we often call the civilised world. So it is hard for me to visualise NATO as an enemy. I think even posing the question this way will not do any good to Russia or the world. The very question is capable of causing damage.
Russia strives for equitable and candid relations with its partners. The main problem here lies in attempts to discard previously agreed common decision-making instruments primarily as regards international security. We are open to equitable cooperation, to partnership.
We believe we can talk about more profound integration with NATO but only if Russia is regarded as an equal partner. You are aware we have been constantly voicing our opposition to NATO's eastward enlargement.
DAVID FROST: Is it possible that Russia could join NATO?
VLADIMIR PUTIN: I don't see why not. I would not rule out such a possibility, but I repeat if and when Russia's views are taken into account as those of an equal partner. I want to stress this again and again. The situation that was laid down in the founding principles of the United Nations took into account realities that took shape in the world after the end of World War II. I agree that the situation may have changed. Let's assume there is a desire on the part of those who perceive the change to install new mechanisms of ensuring international security. But pretending, or proceeding from the assumption that Russia has nothing to do with it, and trying to exclude it from this process is hardly feasible.
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