Russian President Vladimir Putin just gave one of the most stridently anti-Western speeches of his career, a 40-minute “diatribe … that was reminiscent of the Cold War,” according to Reuters. Putin was speaking before an “informal group of experts” at a mountain resort outside the former Olympic city of Sochi that included Western specialists critical of his rule. The Russian president held little back rhetorically, blaming the US for military escalations in the former Soviet space and accusing the US and its partners of “pushing [Ukraine] into chaos.” “We did not start this,” Putin said before accusing the US of …read more
Source: Business Insider
