Russia does not attempt to restore the empire, but demands respect, President Vladimir Putin said at the final session of the club “Valdai” in Sochi. In his speech, the President condemned the actions of the United States, “breaking anything” on the world stage, and called on the world to cooperate on the basis of mutual interests.
The President once said that he would speak frankly, although some things may seem excessively rigid. The theme of the meeting – “World Order: The new rules of the game or a game without rules” – in his opinion, accurately describes the current fork. The world is rapidly changing, but the lessons of history should not be forgotten. Changing the world order – namely, such phenomena are observed today – usually accompanied by, if not a global war, the chain of intense local conflicts.
“In the world has accumulated a lot of controversy. And frankly need to ask each other: Do we have a reliable safety net? “- said the president. Unfortunately, the confidence that the system of global and regional security is able to protect it from shocks, no. Many mechanisms for world order developed following the Second World War, and the strength of the system was based not only on the balance of power and the right to the winners, but also on the fact that its “founding fathers” respected each other. “Do not try to” overcome all “, and tried to negotiate”, – Putin said.
The mechanism of “checks and balances” can not be broken, do not create anything in return. But the United States, declaring themselves the victors in the Cold War, “arrogantly thought that there is simply no need,” – continued the President. The Cold War is over, but not the conclusion of “the world.” The impression that the “winners” have decided to redraw all “by itself”. And if the system of international relations interfere, it was immediately declared worthless and outdated. “So behave nouveaux riches, which had fallen suddenly enormous wealth: in this case, world domination, leadership,” – compared the president. And instead of that wealth properly dispose of, they “just commit follies”.
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A period of discrepancies and omissions. Under pressure to take the position of legal nihilism international law. A total control over the global media allowed if desired “white issue for the” black “and” black “- for” white “,” the President said. In the context of the domination of one country and its satellites for “global solutions” turned into a desire to impose their own recipes. “The ambition of this group had grown, produced in its sidelines approaches became touted as the opinion of the international community” – the president said. Formula was proposed: the stronger loyalty to the center of influence – the higher the legitimacy of the regime.
Sanctions on recalcitrant known: military actions, economic and propaganda pressure, interference in internal affairs. “Recently, there is evidence that for a number of leaders used and outright blackmail, – said Putin. – Not for nothing that the so-called” Big Brother “is spending billions of dollars on surveillance around the world, including its closest allies.”
The President proposed to consider how safe and comfortable to live in such a world. Maybe exclusivity USA – any good? Their widespread intervention carries well-being? “And everyone needs to relax and have fun?”, – Said Putin. And he answered: “This is absolutely not true! Unilateral dictate and impose their patterns bring the opposite result. Instead of resolving conflicts – is escalating. Instead sovereign, stable states – a growing space of chaos. Instead of democracy – support dubious public from outright neo-Nazis to Islamic radicals” .
The President does not get tired to wonder how partners “over and over again to step on the same rake.” They sponsored Islamic extremist movement to fight the Soviet Union – there were Taliban and Al-Qaeda. West supported the invasion of international terrorists in Russia. “We have not forgotten,” – he said. It was only after the terrorist attacks in the United States recognized the common threat of terrorism. Then Russia supported the first Americans, and Putin spoke to colleagues about the need for joint fight against terrorism without “double standards.” “Agree with us, but it took quite a bit of time – and everything is back to” square one “, – he stated.
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There followed the intervention in Iraq, Libya, which has become ground for terrorists. Syria United States and its allies began to finance and equip the weapon of insurgents. “How is it that this notorious LIH has become a powerful, in fact the army group?” – said the head of state. During his stay of international forces in Afghanistan, drug production has increased several times . On the territories controlled by the terrorists extract oil and sell at bargain prices. And there are those who buys it by funding those who “will sooner or later come to sow death and to their country.” Russia has repeatedly warned about the danger of interference in the affairs of sovereign states, flirt with extremists and radicals. “Sometimes it seems that our friends and colleagues are constantly fighting with the results of its own policy,” – said Putin.
“Moment” unipolarity “showed that increasing dominance of one center of power is not leads to an increase in handling global processes “- the president continued. On the contrary, this unstable structure proved inability to effectively deal with regional conflicts, terrorism, drug trafficking, religious bigotry, chauvinism and neo-Nazism. And opened the way for the national vanity, to manipulate public opinion and “brutal suppression of the will of the weak.” “It is essentially a unipolar world – an apologia dictatorship over the people, and over the nations,” – Putin praised.
“The unipolar world was uncomfortable,” unsupportable “and difficult to manage for most so-called” self-appointed ” leader, “- said the head of state. Hence the attempt to recreate the likeness of a “quasi bipolar” system. It does not matter who is in the American propaganda takes the place of “evil” – USSR – Iran, China or Russia. “Once again we see attempts to divide the world, hold the dividing lines, to put together a coalition on the basis of not” for “and” against “re-form the image of the enemy, as it was during the Cold War. And get right to dictate” – he explained . “It was interpreted as the situation in the era of the Cold War: We have a common enemy, it is terrible, it is the center of evil. We have, of their allies defend him. And then we have the right to command you, to make sacrifice their political and economic interests, bear the costs of “collective defense”, “- Putin said.
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Such attempts inevitably will generate opposition. The global business community is subjected to unprecedented pressure from Western governments. “Thrown slogan -” Fatherland, the free world, democracy is in danger, you need to be mobilized, “- said the president. But sanctions undermine the foundations of world trade and the Western countries risk losing the trust of the leaders of globalization. And” the Cyprus precedent “and politically motivated sanctions only strengthened the trend towards economic and financial sovereignty. More and more countries are trying to move away from dollar dependence. “Our American friends cut the branch on which they sit. You can not mix politics with the economy “- warned the head of state.
Sanctions harm all.” We understand how and under whose pressure the decisions are “, – Putin said.” Russia will not strike a pose, take offense , someone of something to ask. Russia – a self-sufficient country, “- he stressed. And it will develop its production and technology, and external pressure only it consolidates. Try to push our country to self-isolation and backwardness. But” close “it will not. Like turn away from Europe.
All indications are that the dependence on a single superpower will decline. But the formation of a polycentric world itself does not enhance stability. contrary – to achieve global equilibrium becomes a puzzle, says the president. Without rules to live badly, but if you do not build mechanisms for resolving crisis situations, signs of global anarchy intensify. sharply increased the probability of a string of violent conflicts, if not direct, the indirect participation of major powers. risk factor becomes the internal instability of individual states. Ukraine – one of the examples of conflict, influence global balance of power.
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The President recalled how the United States withdrew from the ABM Treaty and started building its global system. “Do not we started this,” – he recalled. “We once again slipping back to the days when you do not balance the interests and mutual guarantees, and fear,” the balance of mutual destruction “kept the country from direct collision” – says Putin. Weapons now used anywhere without the UN Security Council sanctions. And many states do not see any other guarantees to ensure the sovereignty, but to get “their bomb”, which is very dangerous.
Russia insists on continuing negotiations to reduce nuclear arsenals. Many kinds of high-precision weapons closer to weapons of mass destruction, and the failure of the country’s nuclear potential, having leadership in the production of such systems will have a military advantage. “It will break up the strategic parity – and it is fraught with destabilization” – warned the head of state. Be tempted to use the “first global disarming strike”.
The next threat – proliferation of conflicts on ethnic, religious, and social grounds. They form around a zone of anarchy, lawlessness and chaos. “Our colleagues at the time were trying to somehow manage these processes, use of regional conflicts, to design the” color revolutions “in their own interests. But” gin “out of the bottle”, – Putin said. And the authors of the theory of “controlled chaos” do not know what to do with it.
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It’s time to start negotiating – as in addressing the Syrian chemical weapons or during the dialogue on the Iranian nuclear program. It is necessary to clearly define where the limits of unilateral action and where necessary multilateral mechanisms, called the president. International relations should be based on international law, the basis of which should be the moral principles – justice, equality, truth, respect for your partner.
It is necessary to restore the effectiveness of international and regional institutions – the UN and the OSCE. We can not talk about any local transactions, nor the division of spheres of influence, or of someone’s dominance. Cooperation powerful regional associations would add the world stability, the head of state. And do not push them. Russia has long warned on the Ukraine-EU Association – but did not want to listen to it, and brought the matter before the coup, plunged the country into chaos and civil war. “Apparently, those who endlessly lyapayut ever new” color revolutions “, consider themselves” brilliant artists “and did not stop may”, – he protested.
Putin reiterated the idea of forming a single space cooperation from the Atlantic to the Pacific. “We would welcome the beginning of substantive dialogue between the Eurasian and the European Union. This we also routinely denied,” – he said.
Russia is not going to cobble together the blocks to get involved in the “exchange of blows” and does not try to recover ” empire “. It does not require a special place in the world, but wants its interests into account, the president concluded.
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