Putin says ‘most important decade’ since end of World War II

MOSCOW, Russia – October 28 (ONLINE) Russian President Vladimir Putin said on the age of Western global dominance is rapidly becoming a thing of the past, and the world has the most important decade since the end of World War II ahead.

In his speech during the Valdai Discussion Club meeting Putin underscored that Russia is not opposing Western elites nor does it aspire for hegemony in the new multipolar world. He juxtaposed true integration to Western “neo-colonial” globalization, and called for “building a symphony of human civilization.” Answering the questions from the participants, Putin said that he saw no point in relocating the Russian capital or nationalizing businesses, and made a couple of jokes about nuclear war and freezing Germans.

Putin said the West lays claims to all of mankind’s resources, while its proposed “rules-based order” is designed to allow it to live without any rules at all. The West is incapable of ruling mankind alone, but is desperately trying to do that, and “most nations of the world no longer want to tolerate that.”

Russian President said the West amplified its power over the world in its game, but “this game is, without doubt, dangerous, bloody and […] dirty”: “it denies sovereignty of countries and peoples, their identity and uniqueness, and it disregards interests of other states.”