Putin’s speech at the meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club October 27, 2022 | e1.ru

By the way, during last year’s speech at Valdai, Putin curiously compared the USSR and modern Russia.

— There were many problems in the USSR that underlay the events that led to its collapse. But smearing all this with only one black paint is wrong, rude and indecent. I know we have them too. They deserve to be dipped into something that smells bad,” Putin said. – And the fact that there was such a melting pot enriches the peoples. For Russia, after all, what is typical, Russia, when expanding its territories, never put those people who joined the united state in a difficult position.