At the moment, the world is at a historical turning point, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, speaking at the Valdai discussion club."With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the balance of geopolitical forces was also destroyed.
The West felt like a winner and proclaimed a unipolar world order in which only its will, culture, and interests had the right to exist. Now this historical period of undivided dominance in world affairs is coming to an end. The unipolar world is becoming a thing of the past," RIA Novosti quotes Putin as saying.
According to him, the world is now at a historic turn: "The most dangerous, unpredictable and at the same time important decade since the end of the Second World War is ahead. The West is not capable of governing humanity alone, but it is desperately trying to do so. And most of the peoples of the world no longer want to put up with this. This is the main contradiction of the new era. In the words of the classics, the situation is, to a certain extent, revolutionary – the upper can not, and the lower do not want to live like this anymore."
"It is obvious that it is possible to reduce tensions in the world, overcome threats and risks in the military-political sphere, increase the level of trust between countries and ensure their sustainable development only by radically strengthening the system of the modern multipolar world. I repeat again: the era of the unipolar world order is becoming a thing of the past," Putin stressed.
"The future world order is being formed before our eyes, and in this world order we must listen to everyone, take into account every point of view, every nation, society, culture, every system of worldviews, ideas and religious beliefs," the head of state said.
According to the President, this state of affairs is fraught with global conflicts or a whole chain of conflicts, which poses a threat to humanity, including the West itself."To resolve such a contradiction constructively and creatively is the main historical task today," Putin said.
"Changing milestones is a painful process, but natural and inevitable. The future world order is being formed before our eyes. And in this world order, we must listen to everyone, take into account every point of view, every nation, society, culture, every system of worldviews, ideas and religious beliefs, without imposing a single truth on anyone, and only on this basis, understanding our responsibility for the fate – the fate of peoples, the planet, to build a symphony of human civilization", – concluded the head of state.
During his speech, Putin stated that the "rules-based order" proposed by the West is designed to give him the opportunity to live without rules at all. He also stated that any alternative point of view is declared in the West to be subversive Russian propaganda. Also, according to Putin, the United States and the West discredited the dollar and other reserve currencies by "pocketing" Russian reserves.
Alexey Degtyarev
