In Landmark Address, Russia’s Putin Looks to ‘Multipolar’ World Order

In Landmark Address, Russia’s Putin Looks to ‘Multipolar’ World Order
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to political experts at a meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, on Oct. 24, 2014. AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service
Adam Morrow
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In an address delivered last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin covered a range of momentous issues, including the perceived decline of “liberal globalization,” the rise in the West of “cancel culture,” the importance of respecting “traditional values,” and the coming emergence of what he described as a “multipolar world order.”

Putin delivered his annual address at the Valdai Discussion Club, a Moscow-based think tank with close ties to the Kremlin.