The topic of extracting rare lands appeared in an interview conducted with the Russian leader by the pro -regional journalist Paweł Zarubin. A journalist of Russian public television asked Vladimir Putin about his position towards the contract, which Donald Trump I want to sign with Ukraine.
President Russia He emphasized that the case does not apply directly to Russia, though himself The topic of mineral extraction is important to him due to the huge decks located on the territory of Russia.
– For now, we do not do much in this direction, we must do more (…) by the way, we would be ready to offer cooperation to our American partners he said.
– We certainly have more resources of this kind than Ukraine about a government. Russia is the undisputed leader in terms of rare metal resources (…) These are quite capital -intensive investments, capital projects. We will gladly cooperate with every foreign partner, Also American he added.
Russia. Vladimir Putin about the use of Ukrainian resources
Continuing his statement, the President of Russia pointed out that large resources Rare land metals are also found on “new territories”. In this way he described the areas occupied by the Russian army, which by Kremlin They are considered to be belonging to the Russian Federation.
Also in this case, Vladimir Putin stated that there is a possibility of agreement with United States in terms of resource extraction.
– As for new territories, it is the same: we are ready to attract foreign partners, and our so -called New historical territories that have returned to the Russian Federationthey also have some reserves there. We are also ready to cooperate there with our foreign partners, including Americans – he argued.