World as seen by Vladimir Putin

World as seen by Vladimir Putin Based on Vladimir Putin's article "Russia and the Changing World" in the February 27 issue of the Moskovskie Novosti newspaper The UN • With the Arab Spring countries, as with Iraq, Russian companies are losing their decades-long positions in local commercial markets • We intend to work with the new governments of the Arab countries Baltic States European Union • Russia is an inalienable and organic part of Greater Europe and European It is important for the United Nations and its We are determined to ensure that Latvian and Estonian authorities follow Security Council to effectively counter the dictates of some countries the numerous civilization • Russia proposes moving toward the creation recommendations of reputable international organizations on observing generally accepted rights of ethnic minorities. and their arbitrary actions in the world arena of a common economic and human space from the Atlantic to the Pacific We cannot tolerate the shameful status of "non-citizen." Ocean - the Union of Europe." Baltic States European Union United States Iran Afghanistan North Korea Libya Syria China India Middle East •A number of countries did • A peculiar interpretation of security • The Americans have away with the Libyan regime in the name of humanitarian support • The revolting slaughter of Muammar Gaddafi was not • Consequences of a military strike against We cannot accept North become obsessed with the just medieval but primeval Korea's nuclear status. idea of becoming absolutely Iran will be disastrous It would be inadvisable • We propose recognizing Iran's right to develop invulnerable to try and test the strength • Attempts to engage in "political engineering. of the new North Korean • No one should be allowed a civilian nuclear program leader including during Russian elections Russia has traditionally to employ the Libyan scenario in Syria • The international under IAEA safeguards enjoyed friendly relations • U.S. plans to create a missile defense system in Europe give rise with India, which the community must work leaders of our two countries • China's conduct to achieve an internal have classified as a privileged strategic partnership on the world stage gives no grounds to talk about its aspirations to legitimate fears in Russia Syrian reconciliation • The Obama administration • The key objective is to prevent a civil war • We are willing to consider much greater participation in the relief operation for the Afghan people • Only the Afghans can resolve their own problems made a significant contribution to achieving to dominance • Beijing shares our vision the final accords on Russia's of the emerging equitable accession to the WTO • The United States and world order • We have settled all other Western states the major political issues in our relations with China dominate the human rights agenda RIANOVOSTI © 2012 WwW.RIA.RU Produced in cooperation with Moskovskie Novosti