Deceiving West and ‘Detached’ Elites: Highlights of Putin’s Speech at Eastern Economic Forum

Western dominance is dwindling, Putin said, with it catching “sanctions fever” as it sought to impose its will on other nations.

Elites are “lashing out and make shortsighted cavalier decisions affecting world security, politics, and economics” in order to “preserve the old world order, which benefits only them.”

The policies adopted by the leaders of the US and its allies run counter to the public’s interests, which they are supposed to protect – this shows the Western elites are “detached from their own people,” according to Putin.

The West deceives poorer nations, pretending it wants to help while only doing what is in their own interests, as exemplified by the Ukraine grain export deal, according to Putin.