Milan, 16 Apr (LaPresse) – ‘Russia is not a democratic country and Putin is a dictator. But I am not afraid of their threats’. This is what the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Policy said in an interview with the daily La Repubblica. To the words of Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, who believes she should be removed and tried by a UN tribunal, Kallas replies: ‘This is the way the Russians operate: threatening and intimidating. They want us to be afraid of their threats. The answer is not to be’. On US President Donald Trump's role in getting a peace deal in Ukraine he comments: ‘I think he could really end this war in a very short time by putting pressure on Russia. The pressure instead is on Ukraine.’ ‘You haven't seen strong pressure on Russia yet,’ Kallas added, ’I understand that everyone has to save face at the beginning, but Russia could have shown some goodwill by returning, for example, the thousands of deported children or releasing prisoners of war or whatever. Instead, nothing'.
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