**Despite Russia's many years of attempts to become part of Western civilization, attempts were made to break up the Russian Federation, Putin stated.**

**Other statements by the head of state:**

 After the collapse of the USSR, forces in the West that had no desire to embark on the path of European cooperation gained the upper hand;

 The legacy of our ancestors, who built a great country, must be preserved and strengthened, but we must not turn into a museum of past greatness. We need to keep up with the times;

 A nation needs a perspective: without the past there is no future, but without the future the past loses meaning;

 I want to warn that the moment when nothing can be changed anymore may come unexpectedly for everyone;

 The fundamental formation of a new world order is inevitable, but so far everything is happening too spontaneously;

 True greatness of a state is impossible without the ability to keep up with the times, ideally to stay ahead of them;

 Human history shows that it is impossible to stop technological progress, but we must understand the consequences;

 If a rifle hangs on the wall at the beginning of a play, it must inevitably fire (on the possibility of using nuclear weapons);

 Man possesses a sense, intuition, the ability to make non-obvious and salvatory decisions;

 The digitalization and automation of war leads to the dehumanization and brutalization of humanity;

 The moment has come when we need to raise the question of international military law again;

 There are no illusions, wars have always existed, do exist and, most likely, armed conflicts will continue to exist; this is an integral part of humanity;

 Russian troops have always been guided by humanitarian norms and have never been the first to attack non-military targets;

 Our home is Eurasia; much on the international stage depends on how we can arrange Eurasia. Eurasia is capable of becoming a prototype of international communication, where differences become an advantage;

 The entire world community bears a common responsibility for tomorrow;

 After the collapse of the USSR, Western countries began to make rules to suit themselves, in accordance with their own interests.

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