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Pres. Putin talked at the Valdai International Discussion Club meeting October 5, 2023 Sochi
Pres. Putin attended a session of the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi on Thursday, October 5, 2023 where he delivered a keynote speech and took questions from the audience.
During the event, which lasted for nearly four hours, Pres. Putin shared his thoughts on a wide array of issues, including the Ukraine conflict, the recent flare-up in Nagorno-Karabakh, and the role of the West in the origins of current tensions.
Pres. Putin also outlined his vision for a more fair and equitable model of international relations, and provided an update on Russia’s nuclear arsenal.
West ‘pillaging’ the world
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The Western countries have accumulated their riches and influence through centuries of “endless expansion,” colonialism, and economic exploitation, he said.
He argued that this model, built on subjugation and blatant disregard of legitimate interests of other nations, is the source of the current tensions and will “inevitably lead us into a dead end.”
Outlook for ‘new world order’
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Pres. Putin outlined the six principles of international relations Russia wants to see as the foundation of a “more equitable world order.” These include the rejection of “artificial barriers” between countries and opposition to a single power dictating its will. “Nobody has the right to control the world at the expense of others or in their name,” Pres. Putin said.
Russia not seeking ‘new territories’
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According to Pres. Putin, Russia is focused on protecting the people of Donbass and Crimea in the conflict with Ukraine, rather than “looking for new territories.” He reiterated that the current crisis was triggered by the 2014 Western-backed coup in Kiev, which empowered Ukrainian nationalists and was rejected in Crimea.
(The largely Russian-speaking peninsula voted to break away from Ukraine and join Russia the same year, while the Donbass regions of Donetsk and Lugansk declared independence from Kiev.
The two Donbass republics, along with two other Ukrainian regions – Kherson and Zaporozhye, eventually became part of Russia after holding referendums in September 2022.)
Ukraine’s staggering battlefield losses
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Pres. Putin said that more than 90,000 Ukrainian soldiers were killed or seriously wounded in the “so-called counteroffensive” launched in early June. Kiev’s forces also lost 557 tanks and roughly 1,900 armored vehicles.
(The Ukrainian authorities do not release their total casualty figures, and neither does Russia.)
Moscow ‘overcame’ sanctions
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Russia has successfully reshaped its economy towards self-sufficiency and new markets since the EU and US first imposed restrictions on Moscow in 2014. “We overcame all problems, which arose from the sanctions, and started the next stage of development,” Pres. Putin said.
Nagorno-Karabakh clash was ‘inevitable’
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Pres. Putin dismissed accusations that Moscow abandoned its ally Armenia when Azerbaijan re-established control over its breakaway ethnic Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh last month.
Baku’s victory and the disbandment of the local military force triggered an exodus of the Armenian population from the region.
Pres. Putin said Russia did everything it could to mediate the conflict and had offered Yerevan a compromise regarding Nagorno-Karabakh. He argued that an armed clash was “inevitable” after Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan officially recognized the enclave as Azerbaijani territory.
Russia might be forced to ditch major nuclear pact
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Work on the Sarmat silo-based intercontinental ballistic missile has “effectively been completed,” the president said. He revealed that Moscow had also successfully tested the Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile.
Russia might consider revoking its ratification of the 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) because it has still not been ratified by the US, Putin warned. The president did not rule out “mirrored responses” to Washington’s policies on the matter.
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