Russia: President Putin Accuses West Of Playing 'Dirty, Bloody, Dangerous' Game In Ukraine

Despite the current state of conflict, Russia does not regard the West as an enemy. Ultimately, the West would have to discuss the future of the world with Russia and other major powers, Putin stated.

Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to cast the Ukrainian conflict as part of the West's efforts to secure global dominance on Thursday. At a conference of international policy experts, Putin accused the US and its allies of attempting to dictate terms to other nations in a dangerous and bloody domination game, news agency AP reported. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin also accused the West of using economic sanctions and "colour revolutions" against rivals in order to compete fairly with Asia's rising economic and political might.

Putin said Western countries had "thrown aside the rules" of international affairs in order to maintain their domination and hold down what they saw as "second-class civilisations," Reuters reported.

Putin framed Western support for Ukraine as part of a broader effort by Washington and its allies to impose what they call a rules-based world order, which they claim only fosters chaos. "He who sows the wind will reap the whirlwind," the Russian leader warned, AP reported. 

Putin stated that the West would eventually have to discuss the future of the world with Russia and other major powers.

Putin stated that humanity now has a choice: pile up problems that will inevitably crush us all, or try to find solutions that may not be ideal, but are effective in making the world more stable and secure, AP reported. 

Putin stated that, while Russia is not an enemy of the West, it will continue to oppose Western neoliberal elites' dictates.

"The historical period of the West's undivided dominance over world affairs is coming to an end," Russia's paramount leader told the Valdai Discussion Club. 

"We are standing at a historical frontier: Ahead is probably the most dangerous, unpredictable and, at the same time, important decade since the end of World War Two," Reuters reported. 

Russia sent troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24, triggering the biggest confrontation with the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis in the depths of the Cold War when the Soviet Union and the United States came closest to nuclear war.

The West had imposed the most severe sanctions in history on Russia, one of the world's biggest suppliers of natural resources.

Asked about a potential nuclear escalation, Putin said the danger of nuclear weapons usage would exist as long as nuclear weapons existed, Reuters reported. 

(With Inputs From Agencies)