Putin slams West and US for ‘double standards’; cites plundering of India & Africa

Russian President Vladimir Putin has reminded the world of the West’s colonial coverage, plundering of India and Africa, slave commerce, and using nuclear and chemical weapons by the US, as he slammed them for his or her “utter deceit” and “double standards” on insisting on a rules-based international order.

Putin made the remarks throughout a carefully-choreographed formal speech on the Kremlin’s opulent St George’s Hall on Friday, days after the so-called referendums within the Ukrainian areas of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia that have been dismissed as “shams” by Ukraine and the US-led Western nations.

In his handle, Putin mentioned, “All we hear is, the West is insisting on a rules-based order. Where did that come from anyway? Who has ever seen these rules? Who agreed or approved them? Listen, this is just a lot of nonsense, utter deceit, double standards, or even triple standards! They must think we’re stupid.” Russia is a superb thousand-year-old energy, an entire civilisation, and it’s not going to dwell by such makeshift, false guidelines, Putin mentioned in his speech in Russian, the English model of which has been uploaded afterward the Kremlin’s official web site.

Western elites are even shifting repentance for their very own historic crimes on everybody else, demanding that the residents of their nations and different peoples confess to issues they don’t have anything to do with in any respect, for instance, the interval of colonial conquests, Putin mentioned.

“It is worth reminding the West that it began its colonial policy back in the Middle Ages, followed by the worldwide slave trade, the genocide of Indian tribes in America, the plunder of India and Africa…This is contrary to human nature, truth, freedom and justice,” he mentioned.

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The European Council in a press release on Friday “firmly” rejected and “unequivocally” condemned the “illegal annexation” of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson areas by Russia.

“By willfully undermining the rules-based international order and blatantly violating the fundamental rights of Ukraine to independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, core principles as enshrined in the UN Charter and international law, Russia is putting global security at risk,” it mentioned.

Putin, in his speech, asserted that it was the so-called West that “trampled” on the precept of the “inviolability of borders”, and now it’s deciding, at its personal discretion, who has the correct to self-determination and who doesn’t, who’s unworthy of it.

“It is unclear what their decisions are based on or who gave them the right to decide in the first place. They just assumed it,” he mentioned.

The 15-nation UN Security Council voted on Friday on the draft decision on “Illegal So-Called Referenda in Ukraine”, hours after Putin signed treaties to annex Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.

However, the decision did not get adopted as Russia, a everlasting UNSC member, vetoed it. It was supported by 10 of the 15 members of the Council, whereas China, Gabon, India and Brazil abstained.

Hitting out on the US, Putin mentioned America is the one nation on the planet that has used nuclear weapons twice, destroying the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. And they created a precedent.

“The United States left a deep scar in the memory of the people of Korea and Vietnam with their carpet bombings and use of napalm and chemical weapons,” he underlined.

US President Joe Biden has strongly condemned Russia’s “fraudulent attempt” to annex sovereign Ukrainian territory and accused Moscow of “violating international law, trampling on the United Nations Charter, and showing its contempt for peaceful nations everywhere”.

“Make no mistake: these actions have no legitimacy…We will continue to support Ukraine’s efforts to regain control of its territory by strengthening its hand militarily and diplomatically…,” he mentioned in a press release on Friday.

Biden mentioned the US will rally the worldwide group to each denounce these strikes and to carry Russia accountable.

“I urge all members of the international community to reject Russia’s illegal attempts at annexation and to stand with the people of Ukraine for as long as it takes,” he mentioned.

Unlike many different main Western powers, India has not but criticised Russia for its invasion of Ukraine and it abstained from the votes on the UN platforms in condemning the Russian aggression.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had mentioned that “any annexation of a State’s territory by another State resulting from the threat or use of force is a violation of the Principles of the UN Charter and international law”.