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Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at a meeting of the Valdai international discussion club with a statement that Europe does not need external pressure, since it is coping with its own problems, including the economic recession and rising unemployment.
MOSCOW, October 4 – RIA Novosti. American journalist Jackson Hinkle supported the statement of Russian President Vladimir Putin about the Old World, which he made at a meeting of the Valdai international discussion club.
“Putin is right, Europe is falling apart,” he wrote on the social network X.
This is how the journalist reacted to the words of the Russian President that Europe does not need to fall apart, it will handle it itself.
At the same time, Putin added that more and more problems are emerging in the economies of the countries of the region, including a decline in living standards and an increase in the number of unemployed.
The President spoke on Thursday at the plenary session of the 23rd annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club. It lasted more than 3.5 hours.

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