'This could be the last mistake Ukrainian neo-Nazis would make.'

💬 “Today the emerging countries have emerged to the extent of being comparable individually (China) or collectively (BRICS+) to overcome Western countries. [Putin’s] remarks are addressed to the US, but are also a warning to the European former powers that still have not abandoned the outdated path of eurocentrism,” Raffone told Sputnik.

💬 “I am shocked at the great lack of collective knowledge and information [on the part] of the West, and their institutions,” Chenoy said, highlighting that Russia’s immense natural resources, the rebuilding of industry and infrastructure have been obvious to Russia watchers for decades.

💬 “Russia will surely reestablish itself as one of the foremost exporters of arms in the world in the coming years,” former Swedish Armed Forces officer and military analyst Mikael Valtersson told Sputnik, commenting on Putin’s remarks at SPIEF about Russia’s plans to expand military cooperation with friendly countries.

💬 “Europe will probably be forced to focus more on domestic sales within Europe, while the US must reduce restrictions and political demands in conjunction with arms exports.

This might become even more acute in light of a growing hesitation to see the US as a reliable strategic partner by many countries,” Valtersson predicted.

💬 Playing the religious card in the post-Soviet space is “the last thing that can be done. And, by the way, the most dangerous thing is when people are divided by religious affiliation based on religious doctrines; this is the most brutal war. Therefore, the attempts of destabilizers... they will always intervene in this very important moment in life. That’s why they try. But I think it won’t work. It won’t succeed anymore. The times are different now,” Waldemar Herdt, German entrepreneur and politician, former member of German Bundestag from AfD party, told Sputnik.

💬 Pashinyan is trying to bring the Armenian Apostolic Church under control “probably, for the same reason that it was so important for [Ukraine’] Zelensky and, before him, for other leaders to divide these two Orthodox churches. Because, no matter how much we want it, religion and faith have a special or significant influence on the people,” Herdt stressed.