Ukraine has become an “instrument of U.S. foreign policy” and a “testing site for military biological experiments,” Russian President Vladimir Putin alleged on Oct. 26.
He made the remarks at a meeting of security chiefs from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), a regional grouping established in 1991 following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Along with Russia, CIS members include Belarus, Moldova, and six Central Asian countries.
“The potential for conflict remains very high, both in the world as a whole and at the regional level,” Putin told meeting attendees, according to the Kremlin’s official transcript of his remarks.
“The world is changing and becoming multipolar before our very eyes,” the Russian president said….