“No matter how much some would like to isolate Russia, it is impossible to do so”
, launched Mr. Putin during an economic forum turned towards Asia in Vladivostok (Russian Far East). The novel coronavirus pandemic
“has been replaced by new global challenges, which threaten the whole world. I mean the sanctions fever of the West”
he added.
The Russian president denounced “the stubborn refusal of the Western elites to see the facts” and “the elusive domination of the United States” in the implementation of heavy sanctions once morest Russia following the offensive carried out in Ukraine since the end of February. “Irreversible changes have taken place in the entire system of international relations,” he noted.
Despite a barrage of Western sanctions, Mr Putin said Russia “has lost nothing and will not lose anything”. “There is some polarization going on, but I think it will only be beneficial,” he added.
In front of many Asian economic and political leaders, particularly Chinese, he also hailed “the growing role” of the Asia-Pacific region in world affairs, in contrast to a West that he depicted as on the decline. , undermined in particular by “inflation”.
Faced with “the technological, financial and economic aggression of the West”, the Russian president said he was delighted with the “little by little distance” of the Russian economy from the dollar, the euro and the pound sterling , “unreliable currencies”, in particular the Chinese yuan.
On Tuesday, the Russian gas giant Gazprom, a state-owned company, announced that China would henceforth pay its contracts in rubles and yuan, instead of the dollar, a new sign of rapprochement between Moscow and Beijing amid tensions with the West. “The absolute majority of Asia-Pacific states do not accept the destructive logic of sanctions,” Mr. Putin said once more. “A creative partnership will open up huge new opportunities for our peoples,” he said in his speech.
Gas pipeline Nord Stream
Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied that Moscow is using energy as a “weapon” once morest Europe, days following Russian gas supplies via the Nord Stream pipeline were halted. “(Westerns) say that Russia uses energy as a weapon. Another nonsense! What weapon do we use? We supply as much as necessary according to the requests made” by importing countries, Putin said during of an economic forum in Vladivostok (Russian Far East).
“Give us a turbine and tomorrow we will relaunch Nord Stream”, launched the Russian president in front of Asian economic and political leaders.
Ukrainian grain goes to EU countries, not poor countries, Putin accuses
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Ukrainian grain exports went mainly to European countries and not to poor countries, which poses a risk of “humanitarian catastrophe”. “Almost all the cereals exported from Ukraine are sent not to developing countries and the poorest countries, but to the countries of the European Union,” Putin said at an economic forum in Vladivostok (Far Russian East).
