Sochi: Russian President Vladimir Putin told a meeting of Valdai Club, a group of foreign analysts and Russia experts, that the US is to be blamed for current global problems, including the unrest in Ukraine and Islamist terrorism.
He said over the past two decades, the US had behaved as if it were someone “nouveau riche who had suddenly received a lot of wealth – in this case, global leadership”. Instead of using its powers wisely, said Putin, the US had created a unilateral and unfair system. “The exceptionalism of the US, the way they implement their leadership, is it really a benefit? Their worldwide intervention brings peace and stability, progress and peak of democracy? Maybe, we should relax and enjoy this splendour? No!”
