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| Putin accuses U.S. of bid to force will on world |
| Munich, 12.02.2007 |
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| By Louis Charbonneau
MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, in one of his harshest attacks on the United States in seven years in power, accused Washington on Saturday of attempting to force its will on the world.
In a speech in Germany, that one U.S. senator said smacked of Cold War rhetoric, Putin accused the United States of making the world a more dangerous place by pursuing policies aimed at making it "one single master".
Attacking the concept of a "unipolar" world in which the United States was the sole superpower, he said: "What is a unipolar world? No matter how we beautify this term it means one single center of power, one single center of force and one single master."
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"It has nothing in common with democracy because that is the opinion of the majority taking into account the minority opinion," he told the gathering of top security and defense officials.
"People are always teaching us democracy but the people who teach us democracy don't want to learn it themselves," he said.
The Kremlin has for several weeks been dropping hints that Putin, who steps down next year after two terms in power, was preparing a major foreign policy speech that would point the way for his successor.
Its delivery at the prestigious annual Munich meeting on security was clearly aimed at attracting maximum attention. Continued...
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