Egypt Daily News – President Vladimir Putin said that the next 20 years will be more difficult and that no one can guarantee that the West will not use nuclear weapons. He affirmed that there is a conflict between the principles of relations between states and peoples.
Putin confirmed in the general session of the Valdai Club that “the dynamics of international processes may make the next 20 years of human history more complicated than the completed years.”
He said, “The modern world is unpredictable…” This is certain… If we look back 20 years and assess the magnitude of the changes, then anticipate these changes in the coming years, we can assume that the next twenty years will not be less difficult, if not more.
The Russian president continued, “Experts talk about the threats of new regional conflicts, global pandemics, and the complex and ambiguous ethical aspects of human interaction with artificial intelligence, and about how to combine traditions and progress with each other.”
Putin confirmed that “there can be no talk of any hegemony in the new world order.”
He said, “Western liberalism has turned into extreme intolerance towards any alternative and any sovereign and independent thought.”
He explained that “the West tried to deliver a crushing blow to Russia and separate it from global politics and economics, but it failed.”
He affirmed that “the world needs Russia regardless of any decisions made by the leaders of Washington and Brussels.”
He continued, “The moment of truth is coming, and the previous structure of the world has ended irreversibly…” A struggle has begun to shape a new world, and this is not a struggle for power but a struggle of principles.
He said, “The West blindly believes in its impunity, and this portends a tragedy…” Russia does not want to teach anyone or impose its vision on the world.
Putin emphasized that “Russia does not consider Western civilization an enemy and does not pose the question: us or them.”
