Russia was “absolutely sincere” with the West, but did not receive anything in return, said Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Let’s live together, let’s conduct dialogs and strengthen trust, which means the world. We were absolutely sincere. What did we get in response? In all possible areas of cooperation, no,” Putin said at the plenary session of the XIX meeting of the XIX meeting Discussion club “Valdai” on the topic “World after hegemony: justice and security for all”.
In his speech, Putin also accused the West “of imposing his values to other countries.”
“If the Western elites believe that they will be able to introduce their people into the consciousness of their people, their societies, in my opinion, but newfangled trends like dozens of genders and gay parades, so be it. Let them do what they want. But what they want. I definitely have no right to demand from others to follow in the same direction, ”he said.
The President of Russia emphasized that in this regard, “the traditional societies of East, Latin America, Africa, Eurasia, which form the basis of world civilization”.
opposing the Western world.