PUTIN’S VALDAI SPEECH DECONSTRUCTED: A RATIONAL MIND AMIDST AN INSANE, IRRATIONAL WORLD

(Joachim Hagopian) – On Thursday October 27th, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the annual Valdai Discussion Club. With an RT headline reading “’No one can sit out the coming storm’: Putin’s milestone Valdai speech,” the article lists the important takeaways followed by the key Putin quotes in italics. This presentation offers my commentary after each of the…