Putin's message: Biden was left without a bun for breakfast
Most of today's message from Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Federal Assembly was devoted to issues of domestic policy.
Only 15 minutes at the very end he touched on international politics and emphasized that its main goal is to ensure the peace and security of Russia.
“Russia has its own interests, and we will defend them within the framework of international law. And if someone refuses to understand this obvious thing, does not want to conduct a dialogue, chooses a selfish and arrogant tone, we will always be able to defend our position,” Putin said.
He noted that the West is increasingly practicing “politically motivated illegal sanctions.”
“In some countries, they have established an extremely indecent custom: to pick on Russia for any reason, and most often for no reason. It’s just some kind of new sport – who can say something louder. We behave in this regard with the utmost restraint. Without irony, we can say – modestly. Often we do not respond at all not only to unfriendly actions, but also to outright rudeness.
We want to have good relations with all participants in international communication. But we see what is happening in real life: they are catching Russia here and there without any reason. How all sorts of small Tobaccos revolve around Shere Khan. Everything is like Kipling’s: they howl to appease their sovereign. Kipling is a great writer.
We want to have good relations with everyone. Including those with whom relationships have not been working out lately. We really don't want to burn any bridges. But if someone perceives our good intentions as indifference and weakness and intends to finally blow up these bridges, he should know that Russia’s response will be asymmetrical, fast and tough.
Russia has enough patience and professionalism, self-confidence and its rightness and common sense when making any decision. But I hope that it will not occur to anyone to cross the so-called red line in relation to Russia. And where it will take place, we will determine it ourselves in each specific case.
The organizers of any provocations that threaten the fundamental interests of our security will regret their actions as they have not regretted anything for a long time,” Putin said.
“Biden was prepared with the abstracts of President Putin’s speech. It’s better not to serve a bun for breakfast at the White House today. There’s something to choke on,” political scientist Marat Bashirov commented on what he heard in his telegram channel.
His colleague Maxim Zharov does not agree with him.
The “red lines” on the outer contour are not clearly defined. It is not good. Abstract threats against the “adversary” with a vain mention of Kipling will now only lead to another escalation of Putinophobia in the foreign press, which will lead the Biden-Harris administration, dependent on this press, to a feeling of even greater self-confidence. And this, in turn, is fraught with a new Cuban missile crisis,” he wrote.
“The message came out extremely moderate and peace-loving. The maximalists did not hear anything they expected. Neither the annexation of Donbass, nor the Cold War with the West, nor unification with Belarus. A little about missiles and military potential, but very briefly and more for show.
Hence the conclusion: the Russian authorities do not intend to engage in any escalation; rather, on the contrary, they are preparing to make peace on the most loyal terms. In general, the performance can be described as favorable for the country. No escalation, isolationism or alarmism. Pragmatism conquers emotions,” says liberal political scientist Ilya Grashchenkov.
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