# Putin: Western community is trying to lower a new Iron Curtain

https://mins.news/en/item/82376

- TASS, 2026-10-01 18:46 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2196311

> President Vladimir Putin said it is the Western community, rather than Russia, that is trying to lower a new Iron Curtain. He said the thousands of sanctions against Russia, bans on meetings with Russian representatives and efforts to isolate the country in international organizations are all attempts to build such a barrier.