Russian President Vladimir Putin called the US the world's only superpower. He stated this at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum.
"America is a great power, and today probably the only superpower. We accept this, we are willing and ready to work with the United States. The world needs such a powerful country like the United States and we need too. But we do not need them to constantly interfere in our relationships with European countries, to point us how to live , to prevent Europe building relationship with us, "- said Putin.
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He also stressed that contrsanctions of Russian Federation, introduced in response to the sanctions of the European Union for the annexation of the Crimea and the Russian aggression in Donbas affected only in European countries but not the United States.