Putin: US-led Mass West has been acting aggressive for decades

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the collective West, led by the United States, has been acting for decades with aggression.

Putin said in a meeting with leaders of the Duma factions

"The so-called mass west, led by the United States, has been very aggressive towards Russia for decades. Our proposals for an equal security system in Europe have been rejected, and initiatives to work together on the issue of missile defence have been rejected. "

Putin added that warnings about not accepting NATO's expansion, especially at the expense of the former Soviet republics, had been ignored.

The President added that the war in Donbass had been launched by the collective West and supported the armed anti-constitutional coup d 'état in Ukraine in 2014, and then encouraged the genocide of the Donbass people.

He said:

1. "We are told, we hear today that we started a war in Donbass, Ukraine.
2. No, it was launched by this same collective West
3. organizing and supporting an unconstitutional armed coup d 'état in Ukraine in 2014

and then encouraging and justifying genocide against people in the Donbass "stressing that" this same collective West is the direct and guilty agitator of what is happening today. "

Putin: The West ignores the emergence of a multipolar world order and seeks to maintain its dominance by any means

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the West continues to ignore the reality of the emergence of a multipolar world order, and in its practices seeks to achieve the same goal of maintaining its dominance by any means.

In a speech at the headquarters of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service on the occasion of its 100th anniversary, he added

• "The so-called mass west... Its practices are based on the fact that their model of liberal globalization is irreplaceable. This model

• let's call things by their names, is still the same updated version of neocolonialism

• the American-style world, an elite world, in which the rights of others are simply trampled upon. "

Putin recalled the fate of the States and peoples of the Middle East, stressing that today the West is doing the same with the Ukrainians.

• He noted that Western countries' attempts to contain Russia were not just containment, but "fighting against Russia."

• "The West is trying to ignore an uncomfortable reality, a multipolar world order. in their policy they pursue the same objective of maintaining their dominance by any means ".

• He stressed that such behaviour by the West demonstrated an unwillingness to "look at the truth" and contributed to increasing reckless steps.