Putin also commented on racism, gay rights, transgenderism and global warming
The gas crisis in Europe is a consequence of non-functioning capitalism. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Valdai International Club on Thursday, FOCUS reports.
“What we are seeing now in the energy markets, we will probably talk about it again, is a manifestation of capitalism itself, which is not working,” he said.
“The existing model of capitalism, which is the basis of the social structure in most countries, has run out,” Putin said.
According to him, within this model there is no way out of the “sphere of increasingly entangled contradictions.”
“Everywhere, even in the richest countries and countries, the uneven distribution of material wealth leads to a deepening of inequality.”
“Russia could increase natural gas supplies to Europe when Germany approves the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline,” Putin added.
“The discussion on the rights of men and women has become an absolute phantasmagoria in a number of European countries,” he said.
Putin added that the West misrepresented these issues under the “banner of progress.” He also commented on the idea of ​​the child’s right to determine one’s own gender, calling it a “crime against humanity.”
The mania to fight racism creates even more boundaries between people, Putin said.
“Countering racism is necessary, a noble thing, but in the new culture of abolition, it is turning into reverse discrimination, that is, ‘reverse racism,'” he said.
“The intrusive emphasis on the racial theme further divides people,” the Russian leader said. “But the dream of true civil rights activists was to erase differences, to refuse to divide people by skin color. Let me remind you that I specifically asked my colleagues to take this quote from Martin Luther King, he says: “I dream of the day when my four children will live in a country where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but according to their personal traits. ” That is the real value, “Putin said.
The centuries-old dominance of the West in the international arena is giving way to a more diverse system, the Russian president said.
“For two decades, the most powerful country in the world has conducted military campaigns in two countries that are not at all comparable to it in any parameter, not one. But as a result, it had to limit its operations without achieving any of the goals it set 20 years ago by starting those operations. They leave these countries, suffering and at the same time inflicting significant damage on others. In fact, the situation has only worsened dramatically, “Putin said.
“The changed balance of power implies a redistribution of shares in favor of those growing and developing countries that still feel neglected. “Frankly, Western dominance in world affairs, which began several centuries ago and became almost absolute in a short period of time in the late twentieth century, is giving way to a much more diverse system,” he said.
Natural disasters in the modern world have become “almost the norm” and it is no longer possible to deny climate deformation and environmental degradation, Putin said.
“Proponents of so-called social progress,” the Russian president continued, “mistakenly believe that they are bringing humanity a new, more correct consciousness.”
“The recipes they offer are not new at all, all this may seem unexpected to someone. We in Russia have already gone through this, “Putin said. “The Bolsheviks after the revolution of 1917, relying on the dogmas of Marxism, also announced that they would change the habitual way of life, not only politically and economically, but also the very idea of ​​what human morality is, the basis of a healthy society. . All this was there – the destruction of the centuries-old values ​​of the faith, the relations between people to the complete abandonment of the family, the planting and encouragement of slander against relatives – all this was declared a progressive act. By the way, in the world at that time it was widely supported and modern. Just like today.
“The aggressive erasure of the pages of our own history and the reverse discrimination of the majority in the interests of minorities, which seem like a movement for social renewal, are not the values ​​of Russian society,” Putin said.
