WATCH PUTIN’S FULL SPEECH IN ENGLISH: In his most powerful address yet at the Valdai Forum, Russian President Vladimir Putin rejects ‘nonsense’ fears of a NATO attack, warns the EU, heaps praise on Trump, and lauds India and China amid escalating global tensions and the ongoing tariff war. This epoch-making speech is being discussed around the world and sets the tone for Russia’s geopolitical stance in the coming months.
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00:00The annual report of the Valdike Lab has been dedicated this time to the
00:04multipolar, polycentric world. This topic has long been on the agenda but now it
00:11merits our special attention. I'm in agreement with the organizers. The actual
00:16multipolarity defines the frame of reference that the states operate in. I'd
00:24like to try to describe the distinctive traits of today. First of all, it is a
00:31much more open or creative space of foreign affairs conduct. There is nothing
00:36that has been predetermined in advance. Things may develop differently and a lot
00:42depends on the accuracy and the balance of measure and the degree of restraint and
00:47the degree of well thought over actions of all the stakeholders and in this ample
00:53space, it's very easy to lose your way and lose your bearings and as we can see
00:59that happens quite often. Secondly, this multipolar space is very dynamic. Changes
01:06happen, as I have said, rapidly and abruptly overnight and it's hard to prepare for
01:15them. It's hard to predict them and one should respond instantly in real time.
01:21Third, what is important, this space is much more democratic, paving the way for a big number of
01:30political economic stakeholders to come into play. Probably never in history we had that
01:37many countries in the global arena that seek to influence the regional and global
01:42developments and a bigger role than ever before is played by the cultural, historical,
01:48civilization specifics of different countries. One should find common ground and concurrence of
01:56interest. No one is ready to play by the rules set by someone somewhere far away. You know, as a well-known
02:06song goes behind the mists or over the oceans, enhance the faith. All decisions are possible
02:15based on the accords. That would be okay for all the interested or related stakeholders. Otherwise, no viable solution would be attained. Only and merely gaudy phrases and fruitless play of ambitions.
02:30Hence, to attain the results, harmony and balance are needed. And finally, the opportunities and threats of the multipolar world are inseparable from each other.
02:40Definitely, the weakening of dictate that was typical of the previous period and expansion of the freedom for all is an obvious boon. At the same time, in this context, it's much more difficult to strike this solid balance, which is actually a blatant and extreme risk per se. So, such situation on the planet that I have tried to briefly portray 35 years ago, when it seemed that the confrontation was
02:58coming to a close and the Cold War was coming to a close and the Cold War was coming to a close, we hoped that for an advent of the epoch of true cooperation, it seemed that no ideological and other obstacles were there that would preclude to resolve jointly uniform problems.
03:17problems and common problems and common problems for the humankind sorting out and resolving conflicts and disputes building upon the mutual respect and taking into account everybody's interest. Let me digress and give a historical historical excursus here. Our country wishing to eliminate the grounds for block-based confrontation, create the common sense of the
03:47space of security and space of security. Stated two times that we were ready to join NATO. For the first time, it was back in 1954, in the Soviet times. And for the second time, during the visit by President Clinton, yes, President Clinton, Moscow in the year 2000, when we spoke about that with him and both times we were turned down, you know, straight away, I repeat, we were ready for joint
04:17work and non-linear steps and non-linear steps in the global security and stability. But our Western counterparts were not ready to rid themselves of the captivity of geopolitical and historical stereotypes and this simplistic world view. And I stated about that on many occasions in public. When we spoke with President Clinton, he said, oh, you know, it's very interesting. I think it's possible. But several hours later in the evening, he said, I sought the advice of my team.
04:47It's unfeasible. It's unfeasible. And when will it be feasible? You know, it boiled down to nothing. So a real opportunity to shift to the positive vector is something that we had. But alas, some different approach prevailed. The Western countries succumbed
05:03to see and to see and have this absolute and will this absolute power. This was a serious, strong temptation and not to succumb. One had to have some historical vision and good intellectual level of education and groundwork. And those who made the decisions did not have this high capacity.
05:31The subordination of the majority to minority that is typical international relations during the Western domination has been giving way to a cooperative approach, a multilateral one based on the respect for everyone's interest and their courts between the key stakeholders.
05:46That is not no guarantee of the harmony or absence of conflicts. The interests of countries will never coincide fully on all the history of international affairs is about struggle to fulfill their interests. But you know, brand new global situation, the tone set by the global community and the global majority.
06:07Let us hope that all the stakeholders will take each other's interest into account while coming up with regional and global solutions. No one can attain their goals on their own in isolation. The world, despite the aggravation of conflicts and the crisis of previous model of globalization, fragmentation of the global economy is holistic interrelated place.
06:32You know how much efforts were applied by our opponents to roughly speaking, knock this country out of the global system to drive us into political, cultural information, isolation into economic autarky, the number in terms of the number of them.
06:51In terms of the reprisals that are shamefully dubbed as sanctions, Russia has the record 30 or even more thousand of different restrictions. Have they attained anything? I think that people around the room know that these efforts failed altogether.
07:12Russia has demonstrated the highest degree of resilience and ability to withstand intensive global pressure that would ruin an entire country, not only an entire country, but coalition of states.
07:23And we take pride in that. We're proud of our country, of Russia and our people and our armed forces. We see that our European neighbors are now trying to patch up the cracks and plaster the cracks of the edifice of Europe.
07:38They want to overcome this cleft to strengthen the shaken unity that they were so proud of and flaunted with, not because of resolving, not with the help of resolving their own domestic problems, but, you know, stoking up the enemy image.
07:55But people in those countries are wise enough to, you know, take to the streets and despite they stoke up situation at the outer border, they try to recreate the well known enemy that they invented hundreds of years ago, Russia.
08:14And many people in Europe do not know what's so horrible about Russia. Why should they tighten their belts countering Russia, forgetting about their own interests, sacrificing them and acting in their own detriment.
08:30But, you know, the ruling elites of the United Europe try to stoking up, stoking up hysteria.
08:36They say that the war with the Russians is in the offing, and they keep repeating that gibberish over and over again.
08:44You know, I look and hear what has been said. I'm bewildered. Can they can they be serious? Can they believe in what they're saying that Russia is trying to attack them?
08:57This is impossible to believe. And they try to convince their own people of that.
09:03And they may be non-competent, either non-competent if they believe in that, because it's impossible to believe in this nonsense.
09:11Or they may be decent enough, because they do not believe in that themselves, but try to convince their own people.
09:19Just calm down and sleep quiet and try to get to grips with your problems. Look at what has been happening at the European streets, what has been happening with European economy and industry.
09:35Huge crisis in their culture and identity. Huge debt burden and growing social welfare system.
09:45Migration that has been out of control. Growth of violence. Radicalization of leftist, ultra-liberal, racist, marginal groupings.
09:55Look at Europe being relegated to the periphery of the global competition. We all know that the threats, aggressive threats towards Russia that Europe has been trying to intimidate itself with are far-fetched.
10:11And the autosuggestion is a dangerous thing, and we cannot unfortunately fail to pay heed to that, and we must take that into consideration because of the need to sustain our defence and security.
10:27And we are looking at the militarization of Europe that has been gathering pace. Are these plain words or simple words or lip service?
10:37Or is it serious because they say that the German army should be the most powerful in Europe?
10:43Okay, we have been listening to that attentively and eyeing that closely, trying to figure what they actually mean.
10:51I believe that no one has any doubts that the response of Russia will not be long in coming.
10:59The response to such threats will be, to put it mildly, quite convincing.
11:06This is about the response. We never initiated any military standoff. It's pointless, uncalled for and absurd.
11:14It will drive us away from resolving real problems and challenges, and the societies, sooner or later, will bring their leaderships to account for ruining and ignoring their needs and aspirations and hopes.
11:28One of the reasons for the Ukrainian conflict are well known to anyone who has gone far enough to look at the back history of its current most critical stage.
11:38And I will not repeat myself. I am sure that everyone here is well aware and understands my position on the issue.
11:44I have voiced it many, many times. But we also know something else. Those who encouraged, goaded and armed Ukraine, stirring it up against Russia for decades, fostered rampant nationalism and neo-Nazism.
12:00They simply couldn't care less, not only for Russian interests, but for Ukrainian interests, either for true interests of the people of that country.
12:08They have no remorse for that people. It's nothing but expandable material for globalist expansionists on the West, as well as their serfs in Kyiv.
12:20The results of reckless flibusterism speak for themselves. Let's ask ourselves another question.
12:30Could it be different? And allow me to go back to what President Trump said.
12:37He said that had he been in power, that could have been avoided. And I agree with that statement.
12:43It's true. It could have been avoided had the work been built differently with the U.S. administration back in the day.
12:57If Ukraine hadn't been turned in the destructive weapon in someone else's arms, had they not used the Northern Atlantic Bloc approaching our borders,
13:12had Ukraine preserved its independence, its true sovereignty?
13:18And another question, how should we have resolved bilateral Russian-Ukrainian issues
13:24that were obviously consequence of disintegration of a massive country and complex geopolitical transformations?
13:31I believe that even the disintegration of the USSR had to do with the position of the Russian leadership back in the day
13:39to get rid of any ideological confrontation, hoping that now that we've dealt with communism,
13:48now we will build a true, flourishing world? No, but it seems that there are other factors at play,
13:55geopolitical and factors of different kind, and ideological clashes had nothing to do with it.
14:03How should they be resolved in a polycentric world? And how would the situation in Ukraine be resolved?
14:16Its different poles would test out the situation of the Ukrainian conflict for themselves,
14:22these potential pressure points, rifts that exist in their own regions,
14:28and then the collective response would be much more responsible and reasonable.
14:32At the basis of resolving would be the understanding that all the participants of this complex situation have their own interests.
14:39They're grounded in objective, subjective circumstances, they must not be overlooked.
14:45Efforts of all countries in their quest for security and development are legitimate.
14:49Of course this applies for Ukraine, for Russia, and for all our neighbors.
14:54It's the states of the region who should have the final say in creating the regional system.
15:01It's these countries who have the best chance at agreeing on a universally acceptable model of cooperation
15:08because it affects them directly. It is of their vital interests.
15:12For other countries, this situation in Ukraine is a bargaining chip in a different, much larger game, their own game.
15:29And generally, that game has nothing to do with specific issues of countries or, in this case, for that country
15:39or those countries involved in the conflict.
15:43It's just a pretext to solve their own goals as well as to profit from war.
15:51That's why they showed up on our doorstep with NATO infrastructure.
15:55For years they sat idly by, gazing at the Don Pass tragedy, the genocide,
16:00the extermination of Russian people at our ancestral historical lands that started in 2014,
16:06after the bloody coup d'etat. Another important date is very important to note here.
16:14We celebrated 80 years since the creation of the United Nations organization.
16:17It's not just the most representative universally political structure of the world.
16:22It symbolizes the spirit of cooperation, alliance, brothers in arms that helped in the first half of former century
16:31to unite our efforts to defeat the greatest evil in history, the merciless machine of extermination and enslavement.
16:37And, of course, the decisive role in this joint victory belongs to the US.
16:41Just take a look at the number of victims of the anti-Hitler coalition and everything will become clear.
16:48The UN, of course, is the legacy of victory in the Second World War.
16:53To this day, it is the most successful experience of creating the international organizations through which we can resolve the most urgent world problems.
17:04And we often hear that the UN system is paralyzed, that it's in crisis.
17:08It's become the common position.
17:10Some even go as far as to say that it has become obsolete and it should be radically reformed.
17:16Yes, of course, there are a lot of issues in the work of the UN, but we do not have a better alternative than the UN.
17:28We have to admit that the problem is not with the UN because its potential, it's virtually endless.
17:35The issue is how we, ourselves, these united and although more often than not, disunited nations use these opportunities.
17:46Of course, the UN is facing certain challenges, just like any other organization, it needs to adapt to changing realities.
17:54But in the process of its restructuring, configuration, it is especially important not to lose sight or twist the main idea of the organization,
18:04not just the one that was embedded when creating the whole UN system, but also the newfound idea that has arisen in the process of its complicated development.
18:13We should recall that since 1945, the number of UN member states has practically quadrupled.
18:19The organization that has come up at the initiative of several largest countries during the decades of its existence has not just expanded,
18:28it has absorbed many different cultures and political traditions, it has gained diversity, has truly become multipolar way before the world has taken that path.
18:41The potential lead in the UN system is only beginning to unfold, and I'm sure that in the new era we're entering, it will only pick up the pace.
18:50In other words, now the countries of the global majority form the convincing majority even within the UN,
18:59which means its structure and its governing bodies need to be brought up into the line accordingly,
19:07so that it fully aligns with the basic principles of democracy.
19:12We will not deny there is no unanimity as to how to organize the world, which principles it should be based on in the upcoming years and decades.
19:21We have entered a long stage of searching, in many ways stumbling in the dark.
19:27Once we have a new sustainable system, its framework remains unknown.
19:32But we should be prepared that for a considerable time, socio-political and economical processes will be hard to predict and sometimes quite nerve-wracking.
19:46In order to keep those clear guidelines and not lose our weight, we need a strong support.
19:53First and foremost, these are values cultivated in national cultures over the centuries.
19:59Culture, history, ethical and religious norms, the influence of geography and environment are key elements from which civilizations are born.
20:11Special entities have been created over centuries that determine national identity, value orientations, traditions.
20:21All that serves as a guideline, allowing us to find our way and allowing us to weather the storms of rough waters of international life.
20:31Tradition is a very distinctive, unique thing. Everyone has their own.
20:36And respect for traditions is first and foremost a condition for a prosperous development of international relations, as well as a resolution of arising issues.
20:45The world has withstood the efforts of unification, of forcing of so-called universal model that went against the cultural and ethical traditions of many nations.
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