No grounds to take Russia’s actions as forming ‘exclusive sphere of influence’ — MFA
MOSCOW, January 21. /TASS/: Russia is ready to defend its legitimate security interests, but there are no grounds to take its actions as an attempt to form some kind of exclusive zone of influence, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement released on Friday in response to media questions received at the press conference of Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
"Russia, like the United States and other countries, has legitimate interests, in particular in the field of security," the ministry noted.