Attempts to politicize Russia’s assistance to other countries in the fight against COVID-19, to associate with “bargaining” actions are just rubbish, completely absurd, Russia provided assistance to those who needed it, without expectations of a response, said Russian President’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
“No one had and couldn’t have any expectations about the response. When someone tries to politicize this topic, to associate it with some kind of “swapping” actions – this is just rubbish, complete absurdity!” – Peskov said in an interview with the newspaper Arguments and Facts.
“In this case, the principle of “you to me, I to you” is absolutely not applicable either to the approach of the Russian side as a whole, or to the President’s convictions. Help was rendered primarily to those who needed it, who were in the most difficult situation”, – he said .