An ally of Vladimir Putin claims the West is attempting to split Russia.

Russia-Ukraine War: “In the face of emerging military threats, it is important for us to have such armed forces and special services so that Russia’s adversaries would not even think they could fight us,” Patrushev said.

Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of the Russian Security Council and a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, claimed on Tuesday that the West was attempting to tear Russia apart and wanted to eradicate it from the world’s political landscape.

“In the face of emerging military threats, it is important for us to have such armed forces and special services so that Russia’s adversaries would not even think they could fight us,” Patrushev told the Argumenti I Fakti newspaper.