Putin says the world is getting more dangerous

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the international situation ‍had deteriorated and that the world was getting more dangerous but he ‍was silent on the situation in Venezuela and Iran.Putin has yet to comment in public on the toppling of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro by the United States, the protests ⁠in Iran or US President Donald Trump’s threats against Greenland.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“The situation on the international stage is increasingly deteriorating - I don’t think anyone would argue with that - long-standing conflicts are intensifying, and new serious flashpoints are emerging,” Putin said with a smile.In a speech to new ambassadors who ‍had presented their credentials in the Kremlin, his first public remarks on foreign policy issues ‍this ‍year, Putin did ⁠not mention the United ‌States or Trump explicitly.“We hear ⁠a monologue from ‍those who, by the right of might, consider it permissible to