President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin said that the ruling elites of the countries called the golden billion adhere to policies in the tradition of classical colonialism. This was reported by TASS.
The Russian leader made a statement regarding this in his speech at the BRICS Parliamentary Forum.
According to Putin, Western countries, acting contrary to historical logic and often even harming the long-term interests of their own people, are trying to maintain order with so-called rules that “no one sees, no one discusses” and no one has accepted so far.
The politician stressed that such rules are rewritten and adjusted on a case-by-case basis, in the interests of countries that consider themselves exceptional and ascribe to themselves the right to dictate their will to the rest of the world, in the best traditions of classical colonialism.
In early April, Putin was at a meeting with Serbian director Emir Kusturica. statedIt seems that historical phobias still exist in the West; they continue to hold Russia responsible for the loss of colonies.
The politician explained that Western countries continue to be irritated by Russia because of its aid to the peoples of Africa, Latin America and Asia in their struggle for independence. According to him, the West believes that “the Russian Federation is responsible for the collapse of colonialism,” but this is not the case.
Former Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev in the name to create a record of the losses resulting from colonialism and neo-colonialism.