On October 27th local time, Russian President Putin delivered a speech at the annual meeting of the "Valdy" International Debate Club, expressing his attitude and position on many hot issues such as the current world order, Western sanctions against Russia, Russian nuclear deterrence remarks, and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
On October 27, 2022, local time, in Moscow, Russia, Russian President Putin delivered a speech at the Valde Forum. People's Vision Picture
According to TASS html on the 228th, Putin said at the meeting that the era dominated by the West has become a thing of the past and the world is ushering in the most important decade since World War II. Russia has never regarded itself as an enemy of the West, nor has it intention to become a hegemonic country in the new multipolar world.
This is one of the longest public appearances since Putin announced a "special military operation" in the Donbass region of Ukraine on February 24. In his speech, Putin said that he did not regret launching a "special military operation" and accused the West of provoking war and fanning the flames around the world. He called for a peaceful resolution of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
The 19th "Valdy" International Debate Club Annual Meeting was held in the Russian capital Moscow from the 24th to the 27th. This year's annual meeting is themed "The World After Hegemony: Everyone has justice and security."
The following are the key points of Putin's speech sorted out by The Paper (www.thepaper.cn):
The so-called "rules" of the West
Putin believes that the so-called "rules-based order" proposed by the West is just to put itself above the rules. Putin said that the West is obsessed with leading mankind with its own strength, but in fact it does not have the ability to do so. "Most countries in the world no longer want to endure such a situation." Putin said that the West consolidates its international power in the "dangerous, bloody and dirty" game it creates, despising the sovereignty, identity and uniqueness of other countries and peoples, and ignoring the interests of other countries.
He said that Western countries need to remember, "cause and effect, retribution is unhappy" (one who sows wind, shall reap the whirlwind.). The West will have to start an equal dialogue with other central countries in the multipolar world, and "the faster the better."
Liberal Crisis
Putin criticized the hegemonic behavior of Western liberalism and stated that modern liberalism has become unrecognizable and absurd, and regards other views as destructive aliens.
It is dangerous for the West to think that its concepts are imperfect, because the "pursuing absolute truth" is only one step away from "eliminating dissidents". But history will eventually give an answer and “eliminate” those who think they can point fingers at the world culture.
Putin said that the American-style neoliberal world model is facing not only a systemic crisis, but also a theoretical crisis. "They can't provide anything except domination of the world."
The foundation of global civilization should be based on the unique traditional values of different traditional societies. The West has the right to be proud of “dozens of gender and homosexuality”, but values should not be imposed on other countries.
Russia's relations with the West
In his speech Putin mentioned that Russia never regarded itself as an enemy of the West, and had proposed to live in peace with the West, but was rejected.
"There are at least two different Wests", one is a traditional, extremely rich cultured West, and the other is an aggressive neocolonial West. Russia will never settle with the latter's order.
Putin pointed out that the West cannot and will never erase Russia from the geopolitical map, just like there will never be anyone who can issue orders to Russia to build a society and act on what principles it is.
"Russia is not challenging Western elites, it is just defending its right to survive and develop freely, nor will it become a new hegemonic hegemony." Putin said that Russia will not impose its own values on others, "Unlike the West, we will not try to enter other people's backyards."
About the importance of today
In his speech Putin regarded the present as a turning point in history and called for a new international order .
He said that the world today is facing "probably the most dangerous, unpredictable, and most important decade since the end of World War II." At this turning point, every country has the opportunity to choose its own unique development path.
The new world order must be based on justice and the rule of law, freedom and equality. Global trade must benefit most people, not few companies; technological development must reduce, not increase inequality.
The world also needs new and independent international financial platforms to replace those international reserve that have been overdrawn by Western credit. Putin said, "First (the West) inflation of in the US dollar and euro , causing other countries to depreciate the international reserve assets . Then they will buy at the bottom to harvest our gold and foreign exchange reserves ."
He also mentioned that multipolarization is a truly effective and the only opportunity to regain Europe's "severely restricted" political and economic capabilities.
nuclear deterrence
Regarding nuclear weapon , Putin said, "As long as the nuclear weapon exists, it has the possibility of being used." But he denied that Russia would use nuclear weapons against Ukraine.
He said that Russia will never be the first to talk about using nuclear weapons, but only makes a "suggestive response" to the remarks of Western leaders. Russia believes that the West is deliberately threatening Russia's nuclear remarks. For example, no Western country responded to the remarks of former British Prime Minister Tras using nuclear weapons.
Russia has no military or political significance to use nuclear weapons to strike Ukraine. "Today's fuss around nuclear threat " is just to put pressure on Moscow's allies, friendly and neutral countries to Russia.
Putin said that Russia welcomes the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to send a delegation to inspect and review the report on " dirty bomb " and urged "it must be carried out as soon as possible and as widely as possible" because Kiev is using all means to destroy the body.
Russia-Ukraine conflict
Putin does not regret launching a "special military operation" against Ukraine, and said that if he does not do so, the situation in Moscow and future casualties will be worse.
He said that the main goal of the operation against Ukraine is still to help the people of Donbass, and Russia cannot watch the independence of the "republics".
He believes that the events in Ukraine can be partially interpreted as civil war because the Russians and Ukrainians are from the same nation.
Russia "created modern Ukraine and could become the only real and serious guarantee of Ukraine's national status, sovereignty and territorial integrity."
Finally, he called for the Russian-Ukrainian conflict to be resolved peacefully.
About Russia today
Putin said that Russia has proved its strong resilience in the heavy sanctions of the West. Special military operations have brought losses to Moscow, but they have also "huge gains." The peak of the problem caused by
sanctions has passed, "There is no doubt that what is happening will ultimately benefit Russia and its future."
The Russian people have almost reached a consensus on the need to combat external threats, and "absolutely pro-Western people" account for only a small part of society.
Bilateral relations
Putin also mentioned in his speech that the leaders of China and Russia and China and Russia are close partners.
Regarding Russia-Indian relations, Putin said that Russia and India have never had a difficult conflict, and the two countries have always supported each other.
In addition, Putin also called on the European people to fight for their salary increase, "Don't think that Russia is your enemy or opponent. Russia is your friend."
