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of racism as Russophobia and anti-Semitism.
The president added that, in his opinion, it is necessary to clearly understand that there are two Wests: one adheres to traditional, primarily, Christian values, freedom, patriotism, the extremely rich culture.
"This West is somewhat close to us, in many regards, we have common roots that stem from the ancient times," he said.
He also included Islamic values to traditional values of this West, since a significant part of Western people practices Islam.
"But there is also a different West - aggressive, cosmopolitan, neo-colonial one, acting as an instrument of neo-liberal ideas. And Russia, of course, will never reconcile with the diktat of this West," Putin underscored.
Putin: Nuclear strike on Ukraine would ‘make no political, military sense’. In his annual speech on foreign policy at a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, a geopolitical think-tank, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin said Russia “had never talked about using nuclear weapons." He accused the West, including former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss, of "engaging in nuclear blackmail" against Moscow. Previously Putin had repeatedly threatened to use nuclear weapons when talking about the war with Ukraine.
Russia has launched over 4,500 missile strikes on Ukraine since February. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his evening address on October 27 that Russian forces launched over 30 drones in the last two days and the Ukrainian military downed 23 of them. Ukrainian forces also downed Russia's Kh-59 guided air missile, two Ka-52 attack helicopters and a Su-25 attack aircraft over the same reporting period.
Putin claims Russia’s war casualties are 10 times less than Ukraine’s. According to Ukraine’s General Staff, Russia has lost 69,220 troops in Ukraine since the start of the invasion, which is Russia's highest death toll since World War II. Ukraine doesn’t reveal its combat losses.
2.13 Polls & Sociology
Most Western countries continue to support sanctions against Russia. According to the YouGov-Cambridge globalism project conducted between Aug. 24 and Sept. 22, countries with the highest support for expanded sanctions against Russia due to its war in Ukraine were the U.S., U.K., Canada, Poland, Sweden, Australia, and Denmark. Turkey, Egypt, Hungary, and Indonesia had the lowest support for expanded sanctions.
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