Russian president Vladimir Putin took part in the Welsh Discuss Club plenary session. In his speech he traditionally addressed the issues of confrontation between Russia and the West, NATO's expansion to the east, and possible the usage of atomic weapons.
About the Age
"We must live in the cardinal age, or alternatively revolutionary changes. Not only to understand, but to be a direct associate in the most complex processes of the first 4th of the 21st century.
About the russian past
"Yes, we have a complicated relation to this, given what the political leadership of the country yet led to. We gotta accept any tragic consequences, we inactive gotta fight."
The Future
"If we look back 20 years and measure the scale of the changes and then decision these changes to the following years, we can presume that the next 20 years will be equally difficult, if not more."
About enemies
“I want to stress again: unlike our opponents, Russia does not see Western civilization as an enemy, does not rise the question of “we or them”, “who is not with us, who is against us” – we never say that.”
About imposing your opinion
“We don’t want to teach anyone, impose our worldview on anyone.”
Nuclear hazard
"No 1 guarantees that atomic weapons will not be utilized by the West"
O West
"[Western liberalism] has led to utmost intolerance and aggression against any alternative, against any sovereign and independent thought, and present justifies neo-Nazim, terrorism, racism and even mass genocide of civilians."
About the minute of Truth
“In a sense, the minute of fact is coming. The old order of the planet passed distant forever, it can be said that it is no longer there."
Threats to Russia
“We have reached a dangerous line. Western calls for a strategical defeat of Russia, a country with the largest atomic weapons arsenal, show the utmost brawl of Western politicians."
About geopolitical greed
"The way the West misinterpreted what he thought was the result of the Cold War, the way in which he began to transform the planet for himself, his shameless and unprecedented geopolitical greed—these are the actual sources of the conflicts of our historical age."
About US Presidents
"Every 1 of them is simply a personality and a individual who was not accidentally on this Olympus".
About Trump
“His behaviour at the time of his assassination impressed me. He is simply a brave man.”
About the United States election results
"I would like to take this chance to congratulate him [Trump] on his choice".
Prepared to contact Trump
"Ready, ready. I don’t think it’s a shame for me to call him, I just don’t, due to the fact that Western leaders called me almost all week from any phase and then abruptly stopped.”
About the monopoly
"It is this monopoly of the West that arose after the collapse of the russian Union that is threatened. all monopoly, as we know from history, sooner or later ends. There's no illusion here. Monopoly is always a harmful thing, even for monopolisists themselves.
On relations with Ukraine
"If there is no neutrality, it will be hard to imagine any good neighbourly relation between the Russian Federation and Ukraine".
Peace in Ukraine
"We are determined to make conditions for a long-term solution and to make Ukraine yet independent, sovereign
Fear of Putin
“You know, even before all the sharp conflicts of today, many European leaders have said to me, “Why are they scaring us? We are not afraid.”
About NATO Enlargement
"NATO's east expansion began to look like a creeping intervention to destruct Russia".
About Russia's existence
"The very existence of Russia is the key to the successful improvement of the world".
for: lenta.ru
photo kremlin. ru
