26th February, 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the struggle for a multipolar world, where everyone’s interests in the international arena are respected, would prevail.
Putin stated this on Sunday in an interview with the Moscow-Kremlin TV show.
“And in the end, I have no doubt that this position — the fight for a multipolar world, for respect for everyone in the international arena, for taking everyone’s interests into account — will prevail,” Putin said.
The president noted that Russia was not opposed to changes in the world, including a reform of the United Nations, but Moscow was against “the new world order being built only in the interest of one country, namely, the United States.”
“We understand that after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the situation in the world is changing, and new centres of power are emerging.
“Naturally, this should have an impact on the structure and priorities of how international relations are built,” Putin said.
The president added that attempts by Western powers to change the world solely to suit their own interests after the collapse of the Soviet Union resulted in Russia being “forced to respond”.
The Russian authorities have repeatedly called for a multipolar world with many centres of power that would take into account the interests of all nations, condemning the U.S. policy of global hegemony.
Sputnik/NAN