Evening with Vladimir Solovyov (№ 419830)

The West can be understood. From their point of view, Russia deceived them. Because in 1991, Russia completely abandoned its past, declared that it is not an empire, and that's all, we will never be an empire. We wanted to be part of the Western world. We came to them. got into their car. They said we would do everything as you say. And then suddenly, somehow, this country grew, and again became today a super-power, which has a huge influence, and in many respects, for example, in terms of weapons, suddenly overtook.
We can't figure out how it came about. Because I remember well the 90s, when there was a complete feeling that our country was over, and it would never rise again. Apparently, because there are most of the passionate people in the country, who everyone in their place was able to preserve something.