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'Terrifying' Putin driven by 'evil forces,' says ECB's Christine Lagarde

Putin's attack on Ukraine is his attempt to "cause chaos and to destroy as much of Europe as he can," she said

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ECB's Christine Lagarde (Photo: Bloomberg)

2 min read Last Updated : Oct 29 2022 | 7:13 AM IST

Vladimir Putin is “a terrifying person,” European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said, referring to her past meetings with the Russian president, though “he was not as sick as he is today.”

“Why would you do things like that, invading a country, having people killed, destroying the fabrics of a society, and failing?” she said in an interview on Irish national broadcaster RTE’s Late Late Show on Friday. “Anyone who is behaving in that way must be driven by evil forces.”

Putin’s attack on Ukraine is his attempt to “cause chaos and to destroy as much of Europe as he can,”

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