US acts as if ‘sent from God to Earth’ Putin says as he condemns ‘stupid’ sanctions | World News
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the United States acted as if it had been “sent to Earth by God with its divine interests” in a belligerent speech at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday.
He vowed that nothing would be the same in global politics and accused the US of treating other countries as “colonies”.
He has dismissed Western attempts to crush his country with “stupid” sanctions that have reached the point of economic “lightning”.
Putin’s World War II reference is a nod to a blitzkrieg – a fast and furious military strike that catches the enemy by surprise and was the tactic behind Germany’s success. at that time.
He said the gloomy forecasts for the Russian economy and the attempt to punish with sanctions did not materialize.
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There are fears that the Russian ruble will be pushed to 200 for every dollar – but Mr Putin has dismissed this as a form of “information battle”.
Amid protracted accusations from the US and its allies, the Russian leader said the West was trying to isolate or destroy the “wrong” countries.
He received applause from the hall as he reaffirmed his determination to continue “special military operations” in Ukraine.
He said the main purpose of the attack was to protect “our” people in the largely Russian-speaking Donbas region of eastern Ukraine – a justification that Kyiv and the West dismiss as an absurd excuse. base for war.
The Russian showcase event held this year had almost no Western participation.
His speech came just hours after the EU Commission announced that it had proposed Ukraine to be a member of the European Union.
In response, Putin accused the organization of having lost political sovereignty and said the EU could lose more than $400 billion (£27 billion) due to sanctions against Russia.
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Russia is facing an economic recession
He said several global currencies have “committed suicide” related to the unprecedented freeze of some $300 billion (£245 billion) in Russia’s foreign currency reserves.
In response to the sanctions, he called on Russian businesses to increase domestic investment to help realize the country’s “huge potential”.
Russia is facing a looming recession, billed as the country’s deepest recession in at least two decades.
Meanwhile, the head of the UK’s armed forces said Russia has ‘strategically lost’ in the war in Ukraine and is a “more reduced power”.
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Admiral Sir Tony Radakin said Vladimir Putin used 25% of Russia’s troops for “small” profits.
And although Russia could achieve “tactical successes” in the coming weeks, he said any notion of a successful war was “nonsense”.
