Key points----------▪️Alarming trends in international affairs compel us to focus, first and foremost, on preserving global peace "right now";

▪️Technologies are elevating the potential for total destruction—whether through conflict or the loss of control over technological processes—to a new level;

▪️As the world moves away from Western hegemony, the global situation will change for the better;

▪️Russia supports the idea of ​​a fair reform of the UN, but such reform is currently impossible without internal consensus;

▪️International institutions established after 1945 do not reflect the global reality of the second quarter of the 21st century;

▪️The truth regarding Ukraine is that Russia did not start the war; rather, war was waged against Russia;

▪️Russia was deliberately placed in a situation where it was forced to defend itself with arms and respond to aggression;

▪️Putin once again called on the West: "let us live in harmony";

▪️Former hegemons will inevitably have to acknowledge the realities of a multipolar world;

▪️Sooner or later, the international situation will reach a state of balance, though this process will not be quick;

▪️The collapse of the USSR was a genuine tragedy for tens of millions of people who woke up to find themselves living abroad overnight;

▪️Putin accused the late Soviet leadership of naivety, carelessness, and blind trust in the West;

▪️Despite Russia's years-long attempts to become part of Western civilization, there were efforts to dismantle the Russian Federation;

▪️A nation needs a vision for the future: there is no future without the past, yet without a future, the past loses its meaning;  ▪️Escalation is never one-sided, and the point of no return can arrive very quickly and unexpectedly for everyone;

▪️Putin highlighted the risks of using weapons capable of destroying all life;

▪️Putin stated that the issue of rules governing armed conflict needs to be revisited globally;

▪️Russian forces have always adhered to humanitarian norms and have never been the first to attack non-military targets;

▪️The concept of a Greater Eurasian Partnership, proposed by Russia, is taking on particular significance.