17 Apr 2014 15:55

Putin rules out "iron curtain"

MOSCOW. April 17 (Interfax) - Russia is not going to pull down an iron curtain on the West, said Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"The iron curtain was a Soviet invention. This was an internal event. We are not going to close our country and our people, our public from anyone. No," Putin said during a hotline on Thursday.