Photo: Kremlin.ru. In an interview with Russia 24, Russia's President Vladimir Putin named the reasons for the migration crisis in Europe and stressed that Belarus was not a pioneer of these problems.
“We must not forget where the migrant crises came from,” said the Russian leader, adding that Western countries, including European ones, had created these reasons themselves. He said they were political, military and economic.
Putin explained that all Western countries, for example, took part in operations in Iraq, fought in Afghanistan for 20 years.
Among economic reasons, the Russian president named very high social benefits in Europe for migrants. Putin noted that in this regard, people ask why work in conditions without basic safety rules when you can live in Germany and not work and get twice as much. up to three times more.