US EditionPutin's Valdai Speech: Geo-Political Tensions Unveiled
Putin criticized NATO’s expansion and Western sanctions while highlighting Russia’s resilience and framing multipolarity as a response to Western attempts at global dominance.
- Putin spoke at the Valdai Discussion Club 22nd annual plenary session in Sochi, Russia on Thursday, an address Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the world eagerly awaited.
- At Valdai he framed the multipolar world order as inevitable, using the forum to signal shifts in priorities through conceptual speeches.
- Detailing the conflict, Putin said Russian forces control almost 100% of Luhansk and Ukrainian armed forces lost around 44,700 men in September.
- Western media largely focused on Russia’s claim of testing the Burevestnik missile, while the Financial Times called the Valdai speech a major foreign policy statement.
- Putin predicted a revival of diplomacy and congratulated US President Donald Trump on his election victory two days earlier, urging equal conversation between new centers of a multipolar order and the West.
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Putin's Valdai Speech: Geo-Political Tensions Unveiled
Putin's Valdai Speech: Geo-Political Tensions Unveiled In a significant address at the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi, Russian President Vladimir Putin covered numerous pressing topics, underscoring heightened tensions with NATO and the U.S. Putin stated that employing Tomahawk missiles in Ukraine marks a new escalation stage.He commented on the portrayal of Russia as a 'paper tiger' and criticized the 'hysteria' he attributes to European leade…
Putin quotes on NATO, Europe, war in Ukraine and ties with the US
SOCHI, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on Thursday at the Valdai Discussion Club, a forum of Russia experts, in the city of Sochi. He spoke in Russian, and his words are translated by Reuters. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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