Putin again charges the West, while extending his hand to discuss
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to the Valdai International Discussion Club on Thursday, October 27, 2022. AP - Sergei Karpukhin
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During a speech delivered to the international discussion club Valdaï, the Russian president delivered this Thursday, October 27 a virulent charge against the United States and its allies, accused of playing a dangerous game, while denying the sovereignty of other countries and nations, and presenting himself as a man fully ready for dialogue, to which sooner or later, he says, Westerners will resolve themselves.
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The world is entering its “
most dangerous
” decade since 1945, Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, in a new vitriolic speech, where the Russian president again attacked those who support and arm Kiev against a backdrop of “ Russian special operation”, of war in Ukraine.
“
We are at a historic moment.
We are facing arguably the most dangerous, important, unpredictable decade
” since World War II, he said.
For the President of the Federation, the conflict in Ukraine is an illustration of the struggle against Western domination.
The West, without a clear unity, is unable to lead the world, but it is trying desperately, and most of the people of the world cannot accept it.
“Russia is just defending its right to exist”
In the eyes of Mr. Putin, the world is thus in a “
revolutionary situation
”, and the offensive in Ukraine is part of this “
tectonic change of the whole world order
”.
“
Russia will never support the diktat of the aggressive, neocolonial West
”, attacks the head of state, evoking the changes in the current world order are “
inevitable
”.
“
Russia is not challenging the West, Russia is just defending its right to exist
,” Vladimir Putin still believes, accusing Americans and other Westerners of wanting to “destroy”, “
erase from the map
” his country.
The latest events have caused a major systemic crisis.
This is not only a military and political crisis, but also an economic and humanitarian one.
What is called the West, because we cannot speak of unity, is a very complex entity, so the West has taken a number of measures which have led to escalation.
They are still playing escalation, there is nothing new.
It encourages war in Ukraine, there are provocations around Taiwan, the destabilization of food and energy markets around the world.
This destabilization was not done on purpose, it is the result of a number of systemic errors by Western authorities, which I have already mentioned.
Add to that the destruction of pan-European gas pipelines,
It's scandalous.
Dominating the world is the game of the so-called West.
But this game is dangerous, bloody and dirty.
It is a denial of the sovereignty of countries and nations, of their originality and singularity.
The interests of other states do not interest the West.
Vladimir Putin accuses the West of playing a dangerous and dirty game
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“The authorities in kyiv are doing everything to cover their tracks”
Behind the indictment of the Russian number one, the Russian president underlines in passing that sooner or later, the Western camp will have to start discussions with his country in the face of the systemic crisis triggered by the world events of recent months.
He calls for this dialogue.
Moreover, accusing the Ukrainians of developing a "
dirty bomb
", he suggested to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to go "
as soon
as possible " to Ukraine.
The IAEA wants to come (...).
We are for it, as quickly and as widely as possible, because we know that the authorities in kyiv are doing everything to cover the traces of these preparations.
"
We even know where it is done approximately
", he assured, believing that Kiev wishes to use such a radioactive weapon "
to be able to say later that it was Russia which carried out a nuclear strike
", always accusing the Russia to play the atomic escalation, in particular to make the neutral countries waver.
And to recall that he had asked his Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu, to "
inform
" his Western counterparts.
We never talked about the possibility of using nuclear weapons.
We only hinted in response to statements from other countries.
Allegations that Ukraine and its Western allies, after these exchanges between Mr. Shoigu and his Western counterparts, have since denounced as false.
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“What happens is ultimately beneficial”
In full media offensive, more present for some time than at the beginning of the conflict, the occupant of the Kremlin took the opportunity to try to reassure on the economic situation of his country.
"
The peak of difficulties
", he says, is "
past
".
“
The Russian economy has adapted
,” guarantees Mr. Putin.
What is happening is ultimately beneficial for Russia and its future (...) including in the economic sphere.
And the Russian Foreign Ministry to drive the point home in the evening, informing that Russia had asked the United Nations Security Council to launch an international investigation into Washington's involvement in the alleged development of biological weapons in Ukraine. , complaint accompanied by a draft resolution.
"
Russia had no choice but to submit a complaint to the President of the UN Security Council to request the launch of an international investigation
" into "
biological military activities of the United States on Ukrainian territory
“, can we read in the press release.
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At the start of the war, Moscow accused the United States of funding a biological weapons program in Ukraine, saying it had found evidence to that effect in Ukrainian labs.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the goal was to "
create a mechanism for the stealthy spread of deadly pathogens
."
Accusation several times brandished and denied by the protagonists.
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For Moscow, the precious support of Beijing
This Thursday, the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs told his Russian counterpart by telephone: the PRC is ready to “
deepen exchanges with Russia at all levels
”.
She "
resolutely supports the Russian side
" in the "
difficulties
", explains Wang Yi, without mentioning Ukraine explicitly.
The report of the exchange emanates from the Chinese public television CCTV.
These remarks are the first officially made since the renewal, Sunday for a third term, of President Xi Jinping, who had reaffirmed his support for Vladimir Putin recently, despite the disappointments.
Wang Yi had meanwhile met his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kouleba in September, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.
It was their first public meeting since the beginning of the Russian military intervention.
China therefore continues to observe its equilibrium position.
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