by Shane Trejo, Big League Politics:
During his Nation Address to the Federal Assembly on February 21, 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that recent events have demonstrated that the West’s image as a safe haven has proven to be an illusion. “Recent developments made it perfectly clear that the West’s image as a safe haven and a shelter for capital has turned out to be an illusion. Those who failed to understand this in time, who viewed Russia only as a source of income and planned to mostly reside overseas, lost a lot. They were simply robbed there and even their legally earned money was taken from them,” Putin stated.
