'I'll tell you that friends remained friends. They were not affected by this powerful pressure from all sides,' Sergei Shoigu said.
Russia's Defense Minister has denied the country has been isolated, listing Chad, Uganda and other nations among its allies.said in an interview, according to Interfax."This is generally quite difficult to achieve, and, speaking of our country, it is almost impossible because it's the largest nuclear power, the largest country in terms of area and territory."
"I'll tell you that friends remained friends," Shoigu said."They were not affected by this powerful pressure from all sides."
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