President Vladimir Putin has warned of a potential global catastrophe that could be created by military hysteria over North Korea.
He believes that new sanctions against Pyongyang would be useless and said that North Korea will not give up its nuclear program if it does not feel safe.
The Russian president also said that it is contradictory to ask Russia for a new set of sanctions, while previously accusing it of violating the already adopted ones.
Putin also stated that poverty creates terrorism, and that it is the key problem of the world.
Putin also said that Moscow could further reduce the number of employees of the American diplomatic mission by 155 people.
Speaking at a press conference after the BRICS summit, Putin said that out of 455 Russian diplomats in the US, 155 people work at the UN. "Strictly speaking, they are not State Department-accredited diplomats," he said.
He refrained from criticizing US President Donald Trump, and called the question of whether he was disappointed with Trump "naive".
"Trump is not my bride, and I am not his groom," Putin said, AP reports.
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