MOSCOW, Oct 31 Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a positive assessment The meeting of the Valdai discussion club, in which he participated on October 27, was told to journalists on Monday by the press secretary of the head of state, Dmitry Peskov.
«The President highly appreciates the work of the Valdai Club and perceives such sessions as a good opportunity to talk with those who are interested in Russia, who are experts on Russia, who are trying to figure it out not within the framework of the informational, rabid, Russophobic mainstream, but are trying to figure it out in essence, what is happening, what are the reasons, what are the possible consequences, development scenarios, and so on,» Peskov emphasized.
Earlier, Peskov told reporters that Putin's speech at a meeting of the Valda discussion club th» was not just programmatic, but also philosophical and applied, and Western countries will definitely hear it, but will not admit that they will analyze it.