'I hope you simply misspoke,' Putin told Robert Urazov, who implied that Russia wasn't the best country in the world.
According to a webpage published on Thursday by the Kremlin, the purpose of the meeting chaired by Putin was to establish a stronger domestic market for Russian companies. Despite the challenges of needing to rely solely on domestic companies, Putin continues to maintain that Russia is the best country in the world. His opinion was solidified during the meeting when he responded harshly to Robert Urazov, head of the Kremlin's Agency for Strategic Initiatives .
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with secretaries of foreign security councils on Afghan issues at the Kremlin in Moscow on February 8. In another recent meeting, Putin reprimanded a Kremlin official after the official implied Russia wasn't the best country in the world.on Thursday with English subtitles, Urazov allegedly suggested that other nations were"the best in the world." Putin didn't take kindly to the remark.
"As you were speaking just now, you said this phrase: 'In other countries, the best in the world," Putin said."And you went on. So the best country in the world is Russia. I hope you simply misspoke." The video, which was shared by Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, shows Urazov giving a nervous smile before the video ends. The clip has been viewed over 230,000 times as of Friday morning.
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