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MOSCOW, Oct 27 The West is pursuing a bloody and dirty policy and is trying to turn Russia into a tool for implementation its geopolitical goals, said President Vladimir Putin.
"Power over the world is exactly what the so-called West has staked in its game. But this game is certainly dangerous, bloody and, I would say, dirty. It denies the sovereignty of countries and peoples, their originality and uniqueness, does not put the interests of other states into anything", the President said, speaking at the Valdai Forum.
He noted that Western countries are trying to dictate their terms to all other states in the world. Putin recalled that the United States and its allies have recently taken many steps to aggravate the situation in the world.
Yesterday, 19:41 The West uses the monopoly in the media for its own purposes, Putin said «This is incitement of war in Ukraine, these are provocations around Taiwan, destabilization of the world food and energy markets,» the president listed. At the same time, the West is trying to subjugate Moscow, Putin specified «The goal is to make Russia more vulnerable, the goal is to turn Russia into a tool to achieve its own geopolitical goals. In fact, this is a universal rule, they are trying to turn everyone into a tool in order to use these tools for their own purposes,» the president explained .The West stepped up sanctions pressure on Russia over Ukraine, which led to higher prices for electricity, fuel and food in Europe and the United States. Putin has previously said that the policy of containing and weakening Russia is a long-term strategy for the United States and its allies, and restrictive measures have dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy. According to him, the main goal of the West is to worsen the lives of millions of people. Moscow has repeatedly emphasized that Russia will solve all the problems that the US and the EU create for it. Meanwhile, the West has repeatedly voiced the opinion that sanctions against Russia are ineffective. Many experts and politicians point out that the restrictions are hitting the countries that have adopted them and the sanctions should be lifted. economy