Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking at the Valdai discussion club on Thursday, said that sooner or later the West will have to discuss a common future with Russia.

The main statements of the head of the Kremlin:

• recent global events have turned into a systemic crisis, including in the economic sphere;

• we are witnesses of the war in Ukraine, the destabilization of the situation in Taiwan;

• The West is playing a dangerous and bloody game;

• it is a global crisis that affects everyone;

• sooner or later the West will have to start discussing our common future;

• the issue of climate has been put on the back burner, but the problem remains;

Putin assures that no one can dictate to Russians how to live

• The West tries to control the development of other civilizations, it was blinded by colonialism, it still looks at others as second class people;

• The West sees the Kremlin’s hand in everything that comes out of Russia;

• no one can dictate to our people how to live, traditional values ​​must be respected;

• The West is losing its edge, quickly becoming a minority;

• the US neoliberal model is in crisis, Western elites have no right to dictate to others to follow their path;

• the authority of the West falls, the trust of others is lost;

The head of the Kremlin says that Russia does not see the West as an enemy

• dialogue between Russia and the West and other centers of development will become more important in the new world order;

• Russia does not consider itself an enemy of the West, but it will never accept what the West tells it;

• we tried to establish relations with the West and NATO, to become their friends, but we received a negative response from them;

• The West is trying to make Russia vulnerable;

• The West imposes sanctions on those who do not want to be under its sole;

Vladimir Putin talks about the “new world order”

• Russia does not seek hegemony, does not challenge the West, it seeks the right to development;

• the new world order must be based on the rule of law;

• The United States has discredited international finance by using the dollar as a weapon, the transition to payments in national currencies is inevitable;

• sovereignty and independent development do not mean autarky;

• The UN Security Council should reflect more diverse regions of the world;

• the collapse of the Soviet Union destroyed the balance of geopolitical forces;

• we are facing the most dangerous situation since the end of the Second World War;

• the period of Western dominance is over.

The Valdai Discussion Club is a Moscow-based think tank and discussion forum closely associated with President Vladimir Putin.

Some analysts call the annual event with the participation of the first persons of Russia and the business community the Russian “Davos”.

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