“We have seen calls from European diplomacy to defeat Russia on the battlefield. Strange diplomatic setting. If he were the minister of defense of some country, one could understand this rhetoric, and for the chief diplomat of the European Union, this sounds very strange from his lips. God be his judge, let him state what he wants,” the head of state said at the Eastern Economic Forum. Speaking about the coup d'état in Spain, Putin suggested thinking about which side Borrell himself would take if he heard the signal about the beginning of the rebellion. “Would he take up arms?...