New world’s conflicts, chaos, West’s attempts to destroy Russia: Putin’s speech

New world’s conflicts, chaos, West’s attempts to destroy Russia: Putin’s speech The Russian president says the world needs to think about what should be done to avoid the most catastrophic scenarios, in which humanity could slide to the brink of survival© Alexander Kazakov/Russian Presidential Press and Information Office/TASSMOSCOW, October 1. /TASS/. In global politics, all conceivable and inconceivable taboos are now being violated, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the plenary session of the 23rd meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club. The world needs to think about what should be done to avoid the most catastrophic scenarios, in which humanity could slide to the brink of survival, he said. The president said that Russia was deliberately forced to defend itself with weapons in hand. The West tried to break up Russia, despite its many years of attempts to become part of Western civilization. The continuation of international conflicts in the coming year is highly likely. Putin again called on the West to "live in harmony," speaking about building trust. TASS has compiled the key statements made by the Russian leader. Contemporary challenges There are still pressing problems in the world; they have "not gone away." Alarming trends on the international stage force us to think primarily about how to preserve global peace and security "right now": "We must first and foremost think about how to preserve global peace and security right now, in conditions where many former norms of law have been discarded, and new ones have not yet emerged." Society has not yet grasped the scale of the challenges posed by the modern reality, which are changing life: "The scale of the changes that have already taken place and those that are yet to come is simply enormous, and we seem to understand this. It is no coincidence that there are so many debates about the future right now, often with a pronounced sense of anxiety due to uncertainty and unpredictability. But humanity, although it is experiencing major changes, has not yet truly fully grasped the magnitude of the challenge it is facing." The continuation of international conflicts in the coming year is highly likely: "Whatever scenario unfolds in the world in the coming year, the continuation of international conflicts is, unfortunately, highly likely. In particular, this is because the ongoing fundamental shifts and the opportunities they create stimulate and fuel ambitions and a willingness to take risks for what seems to be a major gain." The world needs to think about what needs to be done to avoid the most catastrophic scenarios, in which humanity could slide to the brink of survival: "Responsibility for our common future is not an abstract slogan. This is a set of practical actions aimed at preventing humanity from sliding towards the brink of survival and avoiding the irreversible." The world’s leading powers today possess weapons capable of "destroying all life" or bringing the planet to a catastrophic state, and there are no guarantees that these weapons will never be used. Moving away from Western hegemony The global situation will gradually improve as the West’s hegemony wanes: "We are confident that, in the long term, as Western hegemony declines, the global situation will gradually improve -- for the better, towards a more stable, democratic, and free multipolar international order." The West’s real influence in the world today is noticeably "declining in favor of an increasingly independent and self·confident global majority." The international situation will reach a balance some time, and the former hegemon will have to acknowledge the realities of a multipolar world: "Sooner or later, the international situation and the system will reach a state of some kind of stable balance. Undoubtedly, this is a complex, multifaceted, multi-layered process that requires mutual compromises, moving towards each other, and a sober assessment of the situation, including from the West. The former hegemon will inevitably have to acknowledge the realities of a multipolar world." Countries will inevitably have to agree on the principles for shaping a new world order. "The East and the West, the North and the South will sooner or later have to agree on the principles for forming a new world order capable of ensuring the progress and development of humanity in the coming decades." Classical party systems "are increasingly failing to reflect the rapidly changing social structure: For any state, regardless of how it is structured and what cultural and historical traditions it relies on, internal stability, I believe you will agree with me, is always more important than anything else." In addressing current challenges in the world, "you can’t see the forest for the trees: It is impossible to respond to many current challenges without taking into account how our today’s actions will affect our future. As one well-known classic of Russian political thought put it: ‘You can’t see the forest for the trees.’" Russia and Belarus have put forward an initiative to develop a Eurasian Charter of Multipolarity and Diversity in the 21st century; practical work on the document has already begun. The Ukrainian conflict The truth about Ukraine is that it wasn’t Russia that started the war - it was Russia that was attacked: "I know, of course, that some members of the expert community are asking: Russia is talking about peace, yet it started the war. Well, I’ve already expressed my views on this many times, but I’ll say it again at this gathering: where is the truth? And the truth is that it wasn’t us who wanted it, and it wasn’t us who started the war - it was us who were attacked." Russia was deliberately put in a situation where it was forced to defend itself militarily and respond to aggression: "I am sure that Russia was deliberately placed in a situation in which it was simply forced, in response to this obvious aggression, to defend itself with weapons in hand; they deliberately brought us to this point." The West should not have turned Russophobia, the oppression and killing of Russian people into a state ideology in Ukraine: "There is no need to turn Russophobia, the oppression and murder of Russian people, and the destruction of Russia into a state ideology and set ourselves the goal of strategically defeating Russia." World politics In world politics today, "all conceivable and inconceivable taboos are being violated." Moral and ethical constraints and norms of decency are important in international relations and create the possibility for dialogue: "Moral and ethical constraints and norms of decency are still important because respecting them creates the possibility for at least some kind of dialogue. Conversely, the systematic failure to fulfill obligations, deception, the transformation of communication into a farce, the reduction of any meaningful conversation to propaganda, the blatant mockery of facts, and their distortion for the sake of short-term gain undermines the very foundation of international existence." International relations require carefulness and adherence to both the letter and the spirit of the law: "I am deeply convinced that such a complex matter as international relations nevertheless requires carefulness, adherence not only to the established laws but also, as lawyers say, to customary law - that is, not only to the letter but also to the spirit of the law, to the accumulated and universally recognized practice." "The principle ‘where there’s strength, there’s no need for intelligence’ sometimes seems to serve as a guiding principle for some international players who are confident in their own military-political, economic, and, as they believe, moral superiority. We know very well from history that this never ends well." Building trust is "a complex and fragile process; it is very difficult to establish and very easy to destroy." Sooner or later, the international situation will reach some kind of stable balance, but this is a complex and multifaceted process, and it won’t happen quickly: "This certainly won’t happen quickly. We will have to live in an extremely unstable and changeable world. The path to a new system will be replete with unexpected twists and turns, unfortunately, often unpleasant and even dangerous. "If we want to live, and everyone wants to live, then, as I have once said in a public speech: ‘Let’s live in harmony and together seek ways to make this happen.’" UN Today, the UN receives a certain amount of criticism, not always unbaised, but largely truthful and well-founded, since the global organization is managed today far less collegially and democratically than was intended: "This criticism is certainly not always objective, but there are also well-founded remarks. Partly, they are related to the fact that the UN, although it is the most representative global organization, is in fact managed far less collegially and democratically than was intended." Countries of the Western minority continue to seek to assert control functions, for example, within the UN, creating an ever-greater imbalance there: "This group, being a clear global minority, seeks to assert control functions." Russia supports the idea of a fair reform of the UN, but it is currently impossible without internal consensus: "Russia has previously [supported] and still supports the idea of a fair reform of the United Nations. But this reform is impossible without internal consensus, which is currently difficult to achieve." The structure of the United Nations should reflect the full diversity of the world, and countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America should play a much more significant role in it: "We consistently advocate for the UN structure to reflect the full diversity of the world, so that countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East play a much more significant role in the organization." International institutions The international institutions established after 1945 do not reflect the situation in the world in the second quarter of the 21st century: "The institutions that came into effect after World War II do not reflect the situation in the second quarter of this century. Is it possible to reform them effectively so that they correspond to modern realities? The question remains open." New international communities are emerging, "born out of the current global situation: They undoubtedly have great prospects, whether it be various regional associations or such global structures as BRICS." The world, despite the crisis of international institutions, is not doomed to chaos: "It is certainly too early to pass such a verdict. In general, a world regulated by clearly defined norms and regulatory institutions, so to speak, an orderly world, is a relatively recent invention - of the last century. All previous centuries managed without it." The idea of the Greater Eurasian Partnership put forward by Russia is acquiring a particular significance as global instability mounts: "In the context of growing global instability, the idea of the Greater Eurasian Partnership, which Russia put forward in its time, is acquiring particular significance." West’s destructive role in Russia’s history The naivety, carelessness, and blind trust in the West of the late Soviet leadership played a destructive role in the fate of the USSR: "I would like to single out certain naivety, idealism, and perhaps even carelessness on the part of those who headed the state in the final years of the Soviet era. Blind trust in Western partners, confidence in the possibility of certain gentlemanly agreements, where it was supposedly enough to take someone at their word to reach an agreement. That is what also played a cruel trick on the Soviet Union. In retrospect, it becomes clear how destructive a role this played not only in the fate of the USSR but also in ensuring long-term global stability." The collapse of the USSR became a real tragedy for tens of millions of people "who suddenly found themselves abroad, and this changed their fate, the fate of their children." Russia never forgets that a nation needs a perspective, since there is no future without a past: "But we never forget that a nation needs a perspective, it is necessary to understand the direction of the path to the future. Without the past, of course, there is no future." The West tried to dismantle Russia, "despite many years - and I want to emphasize this - many years of attempts by the new Russia to become part of the so-called Western civilization." The West’s attempts to "finish the job" of dismantling Russia, viewing it as a key part of the former Russian empire, led to a dangerous situation in Europe and the world as a whole: "Despite all these changes, it [Russia] was still viewed as a key part of the historical Russian empire. And this is still said at various events and gatherings, still: ‘We need to finish dismantling the empire.’ All of this has led to the current situation, which, to put it bluntly, is quite dangerous both in Europe and in the world." Russia remembers that its opponents in the West set themselves the goal of achieving its strategic defeat: "That’s exactly how it sounded, right? No one has forgotten that - we certainly haven’t." AI and technological development The changes taking place in the world are creating many new dilemmas "that simply didn’t exist before." Experts are increasingly worried that the spread of artificial intelligence could lead to the depersonalization of people and the tendency to bring them to a common denominator: "Experts are increasingly saying with concern that the spread of artificial intelligence could become yet another attempt to bring everyone to a common denominator, to depersonalize them - now through the use of algorithms that have been tuned by someone." Possible digital totalitarianism in the development of artificial intelligence will be just as dead-end, gloomy, and inhumane as the totalitarian societies of the past: "Digital totalitarianism [in the development of artificial intelligence] will be just as dead-end, gloomy, and inhumane as the examples of totalitarian societies of the past that we know of." Due to conflicts or loss of control over technological processes, technologies take the possibility of universal destruction to a new level: "Technologies open up fantastic, in the literal sense of the word, prospects for overcoming challenges and improving the quality of life. However, they also take the potential for widespread destruction to a new level, unfortunately, as a result of military conflicts, rapid environmental degradation, or loss of control over advanced technological processes." The issue of ensuring the security and distinctiveness of countries while maintaining the pace of technological development is relevant for the modern world: "A pressing question is: how can states that are transitioning to an increasingly digitalized foundation ensure sovereignty in this sphere? That is, how can they guarantee their security and distinctiveness without isolating themselves from global progress and without falling behind in technological development." True greatness of a state is impossible without the ability to keep pace with the times, and ideally, to be ahead of them: "True greatness of a state is impossible without the ability to keep pace with the times. Ideally, to outpace them." 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