'It's all Putin's fault there'- Lukashenko and Putin joke about Western sanctions during meeting in Sochi

Russian President Vladimir Putin met his counterpart from Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, at his Sochi residence to discuss the Western sanctions.

The leaders stressed that, surprisingly, the sanctions did not affect the economies of both countries but rather gave "a push for our own development", as Lukashenko said.

"They [the West] have clearly underestimated", the Belarusian President said. "They lived reading their media and got inflation and other things. But it is 'Putin's fault'. It's all Putin's fault there", he added sarcastically when Putin joked in response: "We will have a serious talk with them", and both laughed.

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