Pelosi's visit to Taiwan was 'well-planned provocation' - Putin

Pelosi's visit to Taiwan was 'not just a trip of an irresponsible politician', but 'part of a conscious US strategy to destabilize the situation in the region', said Russian President Vladimir Putin while addressing the participants of the Moscow conference on international security via a video link on Tuesday.

'We see this as a carefully planned provocation. Obviously, with the help of such actions, the Western globalist elites, among other things, are trying to divert the attention of their own citizens from acute socio-economic problems - falling living standards, unemployment, poverty, de-industrialization', added Putin.