Russian President Vladimir Putin toured a spaceport in the far east of Russia on Tuesday with Alexander Lukashenko, defending Russia's goals in Ukraine and pointing to the country's prior.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko are visiting the Vostochny.
It is impossible to severely isolate anyone in the modern world, let alone a country like Russia, Putin said.
Putin said that the isolation of the Soviet Union did not stop it from beating the West into space.
The main goal of the special military operation the Kremlin calls "help people in the Donbas" is to help the people in the area.
He said that Russia made the right decision and didn't have a choice, but to invade Ukraine.
Lukashenko asked Putin why everyone is so worried about the sanctions while they were touring the Vostochny spaceport.
The first human spaceflight was carried out by a Soviet cosmonaut in 1961, and the pair announced a joint project to guarantee both countries independent access to space.
Vladimir Putin is talking with a person.
Putin is at the Vostochny cosmodrome.
Lukashenko is in Vostochny with Russian President Putin.
Western countries have imposed a series of increasingly harsh sanctions against Russian businesses, industry, and key members of Putin's inner circle since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine six weeks ago. Many businesses have decided to leave Russia. The World Bank estimates that the Russian economy will be around 9% smaller by the end of 2022, due to the sanctions. Despite the Russian downturn, critics, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, argue that sanctions are too weak.
International sanctions and measures against Moscow have often been included in Belarus, which has allowed Russian forces to stage attacks and regroup on its territory. Lukashenko thinks the country has been unfairly branded as an accessory of the aggressor.
Russia cannot be isolated or held back according to Putin.
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