Russian President Vladimir Putin said that isolating Russia as the West seeks is impossible, and that sanctions imposed in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine helped Moscow see the potential of Middle Eastern markets.
The statement was made at an economic forum in Vladivostok, a port city in the far east of the country, on Wednesday (7).
Putin described the sanctions as a “brazen and aggressive attempt” by the United States and European countries to interfere with Russian sovereignty. And he blamed the start of the ongoing conflict on Ukraine itself.
“We haven’t started anything in terms of military action, we are trying to stop the hostilities that started in 2014,” he said, referring to Russia’s annexation of Crimea that year.
The ruler then returned to question Western hegemony, a discourse he has increasingly used since the beginning of the war. “Western countries strive to maintain an obsolete world order that is only beneficial to them, forcing everyone to live by the infamous rules they themselves have invented and regularly violate, rules that change all the time for themselves depending on circumstances. “
Earlier this week, Putin approved a new diplomatic doctrine that encourages Russian cooperation with countries outside the Europe-US axis — China and India, as well as nations in the Middle East, Latin America and Africa.
The Russians are increasingly anchored in Beijing and New Delhi to divert the flow of oil and gas exports to restructure their foreign trade. Countries far from the conflict, such as Brazil, maintain economic neutrality to make gains, but they know that the Cold War 2.0 division could lead to the formation of political blocs.
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