Russia does not have unfriendly countries, there are unfriendly elites of these countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.
"There are many achievements, even in those countries that we call unfriendly today. Although we do not have
unfriendly countries, we have
unfriendly elites in these countries," Putin said at a meeting with cultural workers in Russia's Tver Region.
The president also noted that there are plenty of positive things in the
European culture, however there are many
issues when it comes to the current life in these societies. He added that today
Russia has a unique opportunity to look at the developments in European nations and the post-industrial society as a whole, and to react to it appropriately.
"We have already proven that we know how to be together, defending Russia's freedom, sovereignty and security, defending our values, traditions, history and culture, acting according to conscience and truth, according to justice," Putin emphasized earlier.
Comment: Two other recent gems from Putin:
On the
West:
"[...] the so-called "golden billion" has grown accustomed to being able to "fill their bellies with human flesh and their pockets with money" as they have been "parasitizing" other peoples in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
"But they must understand that the vampire ball is ending," Putin said.
On the sinister LGBTQ
agenda:
"We are quite tolerant towards people with non-traditional sexual orientations. We just don't flaunt it, and we don't believe it's right to flaunt it. Let everyone live - the adults - as they want. Nobody limits them in anything," Putin stated, explaining that, basically, there are only a handful of rules which limit the LGBTQ community in the country.
As for children, I have already said many times: 'Don't touch the children.' That's it. This is the first one. And the second one is, we are, first and foremost, a state that is guided by traditional values.
Indeed. Just one remark: „so-called `elites' ” would sound more accurately. I don't find the people that presently are Polish so-called „government” as any real „elite”. Quite on the contrary.