Vladimir Putin intervened and answered questions during the Valdai Club plenary discussion for more than three hours. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov defined his speech “not only programmatic, but ideological and applied: it will enter the ten golden speeches for 22 years of work”.
– And why under these conditions was it necessary to carry out a bloody, anti-state, anti-constitutional coup? Mmm. No reply. Well, there can only be one – to show who is the boss in the house: “Everyone sits down, sorry, I apologize to the ladies, everyone sits exactly on the priest. And don’t scream! It will be as we say.”
– And who do you associate with the most? Top or bottom?
– With the funds, of course. I come from below. Working family. Therefore, of course, I always feel very subtly, thank God, until recently it was and is, I hope it continues, I feel the pulse of what an ordinary person experiences very subtly.
Well, this Mrs Liz Truss is the recent Prime Minister of Great Britain. You said bluntly, you bluntly said in a conversation with a member of the press: “Yes, the UK is a nuclear power, the Prime Minister’s duties include possible use and I will.” Well, it’s not literal, yes, but close to the text. “I’m ready for this.” Well, how? See, nobody reacted in any way. Well, let’s say she snapped out there, a girl like that – a little bit out of her mind.
– And now, when Macron calls, do you specify who is next to him?
– Do not.
– And why? As much as it would be worth it.
– But why now I proceed from the fact that someone is listening.
– Can you picture yourself in the role of one of the leaders, well, rather, Khrushchev, it turns out?
– Under no circumstances.
– Can it come to this?
– Under no circumstances.
– He won’t come?
– No, I can’t imagine myself in the role of Khrushchev. In no case.
– A lot of people got a little nervous, remembering your statement right here at our event four years ago that we’re all going to heaven. We’re not in a hurry, are we?
(Long pause)
– Now you are thinking – this is already alarming in some ways.
“And I have expressly thought of warning you. The effect was achieved.
