Tehran (IP)- The Russian president said the US was willing to sacrifice Europe, which is experiencing a cost of living crisis as energy prices soar, to preserve a global “dictatorship.”

Iran PressEurope: Speaking at an economic forum in the far eastern city of Vladivostok, Vladimir Putin slammed the West repeatedly, saying sanctions imposed on Moscow for its war with Ukraine were a “danger” to the whole world and left Europe worse off. 

Putin said the current global geopolitical crisis had been precipitated by the “slipping dominance” of the US in international politics and economics. 

He said the West had been reluctant to recognize “irreversible tectonic shifts” in international relations, particularly a pivot east. 

“Western countries have undermined the key pillars of the world economic system built over centuries,” Putin said. 

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