Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Western powers, led by the United States, believed they had won the Cold War and could dictate the global order while dismissing Russia’s legitimate concerns with evasive answers.
“The Western powers, led by the US, considered that they had won the Cold War and had the right to unilaterally determine how to organize the world. The practical expression of this worldview became the project of unlimited expansion of the North Atlantic bloc, both spatially and temporally. To our legitimate questions, they responded with excuses, claiming that no one intended to attack Russia and that NATO’s expansion was not directed against Russia,” said the head of state during a meeting with the leadership of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
