The Great Reset exploits crises to undercut nations and civilization. President Vladimir Putin provided a succinct description of that sadistic mentality on national television in Russia on Feb. 13. Putin had met privately with the editors-in-chief of various Russian news outlets on Feb. 10. The Kremlin chose to provide some selected video clips and Rossiya-24 aired them on Saturday.
TASS quoted Putin, in English translation: “As soon as we began to stabilize, to get back to our feet — the policy of deterrence followed immediately. And as we grew stronger, this policy of deterrence was being conducted more and more intensely.… Our influence in the post-Soviet space has been growing no matter what, despite all difficulties. This causes concern. And this is where they will try to pull us back.”
Then he described the “Navalny” project: “From the dawn of time, our opponents or potential adversaries … always relied on very ambitious and power-hungry people, always used them. There is nothing new about it. I see nothing new.... [T]hey are too eager to earn loads of money, to sweep into power. And all of this is simply being exploited most actively.” In this context, he said: “Foreign powers are trying to weaponize frustration over falling living standards due to COVID to stir up protests. Almost every major country is in recession. While it’s only normal to blame authorities for such woes,” Moscow’s opponents “try to exploit” this sentiment to spite the Russian government. “That’s what they did! Of course they would. That’s what they had counted on,” Putin said. “Ambitious, power-hungry people like Navalny are being cultivated and used by foreign powers to undermine and contain Russia. We have had a lot of success, and it annoys them. That’s where the containment policy, including the economy, comes from.”