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Russian President Vladimir Putin ignored the worsening of his relations with the West and spoke of Moscow's new diplomatic friendships in Asia and the Middle East, hailing the end of the unipolar world dominated by the United States.
In his annual speech on foreign policy, Putin underlined the influence of the Russian army and offered various documents to Moscow's allies. He said his country was always ready to speak despite a growing list of allegations of irregularities directed against his regime by Western countries.
"Creating tension and hysteria is not our way. . . We are not creating problems for anyone, "said Putin. "I hope we can build a dialogue."
The annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014 marked the beginning of Western sanctions against Moscow, which have since been enlarged as a result of its military operations in Syria, of its alleged interference in the US presidential election and its use of a chemical weapon to attack a former spy. UK.
During an extensive exhibition at the annual Valdai forum, Putin constantly reminded that the American hegemony was the cause of many global evils – but that its twilight offered opportunities to Russia and her friends .
"Empires often think they can make small mistakes. . . because they are so powerful, "he said. "But when the number of these errors keeps growing, it reaches a level that they can not maintain."
"A country can feel, thanks to impunity, being able to do anything," he told an audience at a ski resort near the city of Sochi. in the south of the country. "This is the result of the monopoly of a unipolar world. . . Fortunately, this monopoly is disappearing. It's almost finished. "
Putin said President Donald Trump had listened to his arguments and was not indifferent to the advice suggested by some US media, adding that he still thought the US leader was working to restore good relations between the US and the US. Russia and the United States.
"It's better to talk, to have a conversation than to be like dogs and cats arguing," he said.
More than four years of tarnished relations with the West have seen Moscow turn east, strengthen diplomatic and trade relations with China and strengthen its influence on Middle Eastern countries such as Turkey and China. Saudi Arabia.
In his first comments on the alleged disappearance and murder of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi in the Istanbul consulate earlier this month, Putin expressed his support for the kingdom, saying that he was not seeing currently no reason to worsen his warm relations with Riyadh suggesting that the United States bore some responsibility for his fate.
"He did not live in Russia, but in the United States. In that sense, the United States bears some responsibility for what has happened to it, "said Putin. "In truth, we do not know what happened. So, why should we take action that could harm our relations with Saudi Arabia? "
The Russian president also announced that Moscow would provide Egypt with a $ 45 billion loan to finance a nuclear energy project built by Russia. He also outlined his intention to provide military technology in Beijing and allow Chinese agricultural enterprises to invest in the Russian Far East.
In a long section devoted to why Russia's nuclear weapons program was the best in the world, Putin announced that a new hypersonic missile would be delivered to the Russian army in " few months ", but that Russia would use nuclear weapons for retaliation purposes. knocking enemy.
