Putin Says Russia Aims to ‘Build New World’ in Valdai Speech

Speech by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin at the plenary meeting of the Valdai International Club   🔻 Statements by Vladimir Putin: ▪️At the beginning of the 21st century, we hoped that lessons had been learned from past military-ideological confrontations, but this turned out not to be the case. ▪️ After the collapse of the USSR, some countries mistakenly interpreted Russia’s willingness to engage constructively as weakness. ▪️ Western countries demonstrated arrogance by not taking into account the opinions of other states.   ▪️ Attempts by individual states to establish a monopoly in the world are doomed…