Oct 29, 2022 - No, Russia will not attack the Western countries or their “satellites”. Russia does not actually consider the West an enemy. Vladimir Putin openly said it in his Valdai speech:
“In present environment of harsh conflict I will directly say some things. Russia as a sovereign and unique civilization has never considered and does not consider itself an enemy of the West. Americanophobia, Anglophobia, Francophobia, Germanophobia are the same forms of racism as Russophobia and Antisemitism as well as any kinds of xenophobia.
It is important to clearly understand, like I said before, that there are two Wests, at least two: The West of traditional, primarily Christian values, freedom, patriotism, richest culture, now these are also Islamic values as a significant part of many Western countries follows Islam. This West is close to us, we have many common roots stemming from ancient times. But there also is another West — aggressive, cosmopolitan, neocolonial, serving as a tool for neoliberal elites. And Russia will never comply with dictatorship of this West”.
☝️ He also added: “We see that Western countries have complex demographic, political and social processes. It’s unquestionably their internal business. Russia does not interfere in these issues and is not planning to do so. Unlike the West, we are not trying to impose our way of life upon others”.
➖ Like Putin also said, Ukrainian conflict is a tragic situation and unique in its kind. Ukrainian conflict is not an attempt of Russian expansion, not a reconquest of territories. Initial objective of Russia was just to defend Russian people of Donbass, but situation turned so that people in other regions also chose the Russian side and Russia could not just abandon them.
➖Vladimir Putin specifically pointed that the conflict was not initiated by Russia: “We didn’t initiate coup d'etat in Ukraine that ultimately resulted in our special operation. The West brought us to this. I stand for democratic relations”.
➖ What can essentially be concluded from Putin’s speech is that Russia is not planning regime changes in other countries and is absolutely fine with letting other countries live their way. The only thing Russia wants is that other countries and supernational organizations also share this attitude and do not attempt to export their way of life or their values to those who don’t share them. Russia stands for unique values and traditions of each country.
➖ Uniqueness of Ukrainian conflict as pointed out by Vladimir Putin is that Ukraine is an artificial entity that got its independence from Russia and simply cannot exist as an entity hostile to Russia. This does not apply to any other West satellites, be it Poland, Japan, Germany, Latvia, or any other country.
➖It does not matter for Russia if those countries have made their choice voluntarily or it was imposed on them as in case with Ukraine. It does not matter for Russia if those countries share neoliberal values or shun them. Russia is not going to meddle in their business and this was clearly confirmed by Vladimir Putin in his speech and comments.
➖As long as other countries will stay out of Russia, will not perform hostile acts against Russia and will not try to forcefully change Russian way of life, those countries have absolutely nothing to fear from Russia.
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