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Putin held an annual press conference, admonishing himself 20 years ago not to trust the West, and also saying that he was too "simple" at that time, and this year's press conference was very informative compared with the past.
According to the Observer Network, recently, Russia's Putin held his annual press conference in Moscow, which is also the first time that Putin has participated in the event since the outbreak of the Ukrainian issue nearly two years ago.
The event lasted more than four hours, and was live-streamed with the Russian people, Putin answered nearly 70 questions, involving the Ukraine issue, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Sino-Russian relations, Russia's economic development, etc., when someone asked: What advice did he have for himself 20 years ago, Putin bluntly said that he would first warn himself: "Don't trust the West." Putin also said that almost all European countries, as well as other allies of the United States, "have largely been taken away from sovereignty by the United States."
So, what really happened 20 years ago?
20 years ago happened to be Putin's first first term, at that time, Putin wanted to maintain good relations with the United States and the West, and relations with the leaders of major Western countries were also very harmonious.
Back then, a few days before the 911 incident, Putin kindly reminded George W. Bush that there would be a terrorist attack. And immediately after the incident, Putin was also the first national leader to call Bush Jr. to express his condolences, and Putin also said that Russia and the United States stand on the same front and are willing to jointly form an anti-terrorist organization with the United States.
After that, Putin and Bush Jr. often exchanged gifts, and Putin also took Bush Jr. to visit his hometown, which is enough to see how good the relationship between the two is, so why did the relationship between Russia and the West develop like it is now?According to the analysis, there are several reasons:
First, the difference in fundamental values. In the final analysis, the United States is still a "hegemonist" country, and soon after Putin assumed the post of "Russia", the United States unilaterally announced its withdrawal from the "ABM Treaty," after which the United States began to develop some missiles and develop and deploy some anti-missile equipment. This poses a serious threat to Russia's security, as well as to the world's security.
Second, NATO continues to expand eastward, and many Central and Eastern European countries have joined, including some countries that are hostile to Russia. Putin has repeatedly said that NATO expansion is a threat to Russia.
The West has promised that NATO will not continue its eastward expansion under the leadership of the United States, but Putin believes that this has no credibility and could be broken at any time. This has also led to relations between Russia and the West falling to a freezing point.
In the end, in order to join NATO, Georgia chose to go to war with Russia, because countries with territorial disputes do not have the conditions to join NATO, so Georgia chose to do it.
There are also some ** who say that it is the United States that supports and provides assistance behind it, so Georgia has the courage to do it. At this point, the United States and Russia have completely torn their faces and suspended a number of cooperations.
Putin also slammed Washington's "hegemonism" and "unilateral politics" in his famous Munich speech, and said that the United States and the West are increasingly ignoring international law.
Now, Putin has exhorted himself for 20 years to stop believing in the West, obviously seeing the true face of the West, and that they are friendly with Russia just to control Russia. Now that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has erupted, it can also be regarded as the peak of the irreconcilable contradictions between Russia and the West.
Some netizens said that Russia finally understood a truth, the West is the most unreliable. We must not trust the West, which is also a reminder to other countries.
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