MOSCOW. Oct 30 (Interfax) - The United States is seeking to split and weaken Russia and to sow unrest in it, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
"It is they [U.S.] who are planting their military bases everywhere. With or without reason, they use military force. All the time. They send weapons to conflict zones. They also send finances, including both to Ukraine and to the Middle East. They stoke hatred in the same Ukraine and in the Middle East. Without reaching results on the battlefield, they want to split us, as far as Russia is concerned, to weaken and to sow unrest," Putin said at a meeting on the situation in Dagestan on Monday evening.