Marking the occasion of Russia's Unity Day on November 4, the Russian President praised India as having great potential.
A week after praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday praised Indians by calling them "talented" and "inspired" people.
India has great potential and there is no doubt that it will achieve excellent results in terms of development, news agency ANI quoted a Reuters translation of Putin's speech as saying on Friday.
Marking the occasion of Russia's Unity Day on November 4, the Russian President praised India as having great potential.
According to Putin's translated speech, originally delivered in Russian, "India will achieve excellent results in terms of its development - no doubt about it - and about a half billion people: it now has the potential."
"Let's look at India: A talented, very motivated people with this kind of drive for internal development. It (India) will surely achieve excellent results. India will achieve excellent results in terms of its development. No doubt about it. And about one-and-a-half billion people. Now that's the potential," Putin said.
The Russian President talked about colonialism in Africa, India's potential and Russia's 'unique civilization and culture'. Putin said Western empires had plundered Africa during a speech about Russian and global history.
"To a large extent, the level of prosperity achieved in the former colonial powers is based on the plunder of Africa. Everyone knows this. Yes, indeed, and researchers in Europe do not hide it. It is so. They say that It was built largely on the misery and suffering of the African people - I am not saying completely - but largely on the prosperity of the colonial powers (it was built in this way). It is an obvious fact the robbery of slaves. business—of course," he said.
Putin said Russia was a "multinational state" and a "multi-confessional state" with a "unique civilization and culture". However he also said that the country is, in an important way, part of European culture and, according to a Reuters translation, is linked to the continent by religion.
He said, "Russia is, in a significant way, part of this culture (of the European powers) based on Christianity," but added that "Russia remained as a united major world power ... a multinational state and a multi- Confession too. And it is there that lies its uniqueness. It is a truly unique civilization and a unique culture."
Last week, Putin hailed PM Modi as a "patriot" who always protected India's interests. "A lot has been done under PM Modi's leadership. He is a patriot of his country. His idea of 'Make in India' matters both economically and morally. The future belongs to India, it can be proud of That this is the world's largest democracy,” he had said.
He had further said, "Modi is one of those people in the world who is capable of conducting an independent foreign policy in the interest of his country, in spite of any attempt to do anything or limit it."
He also praised and appreciated India's progress in terms of development "from a British colony to a modern state".
Putin also clarified his stance on the nuclear attack on Ukraine, saying that it is pointless for Russia to attack Ukraine with nuclear weapons.
Putin said, "We see no need for it. It makes no sense, neither political nor military."
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