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Vladimir Putin answered questions of representatives of the newspaper the Financial Times
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Boris Johnson, who is the most likely candidate for Prime Minister, after the head of the European Council Donald Tusk decided to engage in polemics with Putin over the future of liberalism. Johnson wrote for the newspaper the Telegraph an article entitled “We will prove that Vladimir Putin is not right, leaving the European Union until 31 October”. In it the British politician criticized the Russian President about the collapse of liberal ideas.
Boris Johnson has called Putin’s statement “colossal nonsense.” According to British policy, is confirmed by the economic facts. “A free and open society will, in General, the best place to start a business. It will be the most safe place to invest. It will be the best place to start a family. It will be the best place to live,” said Johnson.
He believes that Britain proves it by his example, being economically developed, technically advanced and culturally rich country, says Meduza. The Brits have two “guarantor and protector of social freedom, democracy and the rule of law,” says Johnson. According to him, these liberal values are directly related to the economic well-being: “If a policy cannot be dismissed from office through democratic means, will spread corruption, declining efficiency, people will suffer and poverty grow”.
Further British politician backed up his reasoning a depressing Russian official statistics, confirming how poor and pathetic living, many Russians in the XXI century. “To put it bluntly, Vladimir, in the world there are countries where the capital is, as they say, is concentrated in the hands of oligarchs and minions [leader], where journalists are killed, where “liberal values” laugh, where, according to Rosstat, a third of the population cannot afford more than two pairs of shoes a year, 12% of people go to the toilet on the street, and real incomes falling for five consecutive years,” wrote Johnson.
Note that in reality, the situation in Russia even worse than it was described by a British politician. According to Rosstat, 35.4% of families in Russia do not have the financial ability to purchase two pairs appropriate for the season shoes for each family member.
The author also noticed that thanks to democracy, the British people voted to secede from the European Union, where power is in the hands of focused policy from Brussels. The text ends with the words: “If we want to support liberal values, we should leave the EU until October 31 – and we’ll do it”.
We will remind, Vladimir Putin in an interview with The Financial Times said that the liberal idea has become outdated, and the Western partners allegedly admitted that “some elements are simply unrealistic.” According to the Russian leader, in the countries of the West there was a detachment of the governing elites of the population. In an example, Putin cited the problem of migrants in the United States, indicating that the supporters of liberalism do nothing but people every day are faced with problems.
According to Vladimir Putin, liberalism provokes murder and robbery. “The liberal idea implies that nothing needs to be done. Kill, Rob, rape – anything to you because you’re a migrant, it is necessary to protect your rights. What rights? Broke – get punished for it, – said Putin. – Liberal idea obsolete.”
At the same time Putin made a reservation and made himself the supporter of liberal ideas of freedom. The Russian President noted that liberalism has a right to exist, but “we should not think that he has a right to be absolutely dominant factor”.
Putin’s words were widely discussed by journalists and politicians. In particular, the Russian President, despite his busy work schedule before the start of the G20 summit in Osaka, decided to meet the President of the European Council Donald Tusk.
“Anyone who claims that liberal democracy has outlived its usefulness, also says that have outlived their usefulness freedom, rule of law and human rights”, – he said. According to Tusk, in fact, outlived its usefulness “authoritarianism, a cult of personality and the power of the oligarchs”.
“Even if sometimes they may seem effective,” – said the head of the European Council.
Vladimir Putin was surprised that his words caused such a response, but confirmed that, in his opinion, “the liberal idea starts to eat itself.” In proof of this he cited the situation with the protection of the rights of sexual minorities. “It is impossible by force to impose their point of view. But representatives of so-called liberal ideas in recent years is imposed, there is, in schools the need for specific sex education. Parents do not want them almost to prison for this plant!” – protested Putin. In his opinion, “people’s fed up”. Perhaps that is why Donald trump and won the elections in the United States, suggested the President of the Russian Federation, published in the American leader and his supporters.