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The Russian president spoke at the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, saying that the era of Washington’s global dominance “is over.” “They believe that the world and economic hegemony of the West is eternal, but no, nothing is,” Putin stressed. In addition, he lashed out at the European Union, whom he accused of “dancing to the tune of others” and losing its autonomy. While he blamed the current crises on bad Western policies and assured that Moscow will fulfill its objective in Ukraine.
This Friday, June 17, Vladimir Putin spoke at the International Economic Forum that takes place in Saint Petersburg and is considered the ‘Russian Davos’. There, the Russian head of state made strong assertions about the end of the “unipolar world” led by the United States.
The president did not hesitate to say that the hegemony of the West is over despite his attempts to “maintain and preserve it by all means.”
“That era is over. Change is a natural process of history,” the Kremlin leader proclaimed.
In addition, Putin denounced that the United States believes itself to be “God’s envoy” after prevailing in the Cold War over the Soviet Union. “USA. You have no obligation, only interests, and by the way, those interests are sacred,” he stated.
He pointed out that the supremacy of the North American country and its European allies “is not constant” or “eternal” and charged them that they deny reality and “try to hinder the march of history, think as in the last century and are hostages of their own lies ”. Putin even advocated that all countries have the right to defend their interests.
While he accused Washington and the Western community of not interpreting the global changes that have occurred in recent decades. “New and powerful centers have formed and are becoming more and more vocal,” she said. “Each one develops its political system and implements its own models of economic growth,” she added.
In a more technical and detailed aspect, Putin explained the reasons for the fall of the US ’empire’. This decline is rooted in the change in the country model, abandoning the methodology of being an exporter to being merely an importer; he also held him responsible for the global economic crisis because of his irresponsible financial policy.
Harsh criticism of the European Union
The Russian president also referred negatively to the role of the community club on the current political map of the world. He claimed that the bloc degenerated its “political sovereignty” by yielding to guidelines that pleased the United States.
“All the talk and pseudo-unity cannot hide the main thing. The European Union has lost its political sovereignty and its bureaucratic elites dance to the music of others”, she lashed out.
He accused the EU of “doing everything they are told from above” to the detriment of its population and its economy, which faces inflation that exceeds 20% in some parts of the eurozone, judging by the figures handled by his government. .
On the other hand, Putin detailed that the sanctions imposed on Moscow will cost the European Union 400,000 million dollars next year, according to estimates by advisers. “That is the price of decisions far from reality and made without common sense,” he added.
In this regard, he stressed that the objective of “crazy and thoughtless sanctions” to crush the Russian economy failed and commented that they are “progressively normalizing the situation.” In the breakdown he listed that they have stabilized financial markets, the banking system, commercial chains and are injecting liquidity and working capital.
Regarding the emerging global crisis, he ruled out that it is entirely caused by the Russian military campaign in Ukraine, although he admitted a share of responsibility.
Putin linked the increase in prices, inflation, food, fuel and energy problems to “a set of errors by the US administration and the European bureaucracy.”
Finally, he ruled out Russia taking “the path of self-isolation and autarchy.” On the contrary, he stressed that they continue to promote cooperation agreements with other nations, despite the fact that “they are subject to open pressure from the United States and Europe.”
Confidence in the military operation in Ukraine
The Kremlin leader referred to the Russian invasion of his western neighbor and showed his optimism in the results it will have, whose “objectives will be achieved without fail.”
He emphasized “the courage and heroism of the soldiers”, “the consolidation of Russian society” and the understanding of this action as an act of justice.
As on previous occasions, Putin said that Russia was “obliged” to react to the threats to which it was subjected and to “defend its citizens and the inhabitants of Donbass who were subjected to genocide by the kyiv regime”, to whom he called again as “neo-Nazis”.
With EFE and Reuters
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