"Other countries could opt for exiting EU"

"Other countries could opt for exiting EU"

Putin stated this while addressing participants in the "Russia Calling" Investment Forum and recalled that the disparity in the EU began due to a fund allocation system that provides tens of billions of euros in substantial support to "countries that have not yet reached a certain level of economic development", Tass reports.

"Somewhere around 2028, some Eastern European countries will reach such a level of economic development that they will have to pay for. I am not sure then that they would not follow in the UK's footsteps (by exiting the EU)", Putin said.