After the collapse of the USSR, Russia wanted to become part of a civilized world, but they were not waiting for it - Putin

The head of the Kremlin stated this at today's extended meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in Moscow, reports TASS. "After the collapse of the Soviet Union, which we allowed with our own hands, for some reason it seemed that we would become part of this so -called" civilized world ". And as it turned out, we were not expected there," he said.

According to the Kremlin, instead of integration, the event "wanted to finish" the Russian Federation because it had a "different purpose. " "Russia is a big country that represents how to them [Western powers] a threat to someone, so it needs a little" shouting ", fraging. Remember, if you look at a century [back], always set such a goal. These examples, "Putin said.

In addition, the head of the aggressor country noted that Russia's geopolitical opponents tried to "wash brains" throughout the post-Soviet space, including in Ukraine, and succeeded. "Our geopolitical rivals began to use everything - I do not want to offend anyone, but I will say - to use everything that is bad for my own purposes," the President of the Russian Federation says.

In his speech, the war against Ukraine was called "tragedy", but he claims that Moscow's military aggression is "the result of third countries' policies" that acted "in dire and effective". He stated that Moscow in this matter "to blame. " According to him, in the Russian Federation today there is everything ", not just" gate from the side ", like some neighbors. We will remind, Putin also stated that the Russian Federation would continue the development of a nuclear triad.