"Vladimir, there are countries where 12% of people go to the toilet on the street": Boris Johnson harshly reproached Putin

Boris Johnson, a favorite in the fight for the British Prime Minister’s seat, wrote a column for The Telegraph titled “We will prove that Vladimir Putin is wrong when he left the European Union until October 31". In it, Johnson criticized the words of the Russian president about the collapse of the liberal idea, writes Meduza.

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Johnson called Putin’s statement “colossal nonsense”; according to the British politician, this is confirmed by economic facts. “A free and open society will be - in general - the best place to start a business. It will be the safest place to invest. This will be the best place to start a family. It will be the best place to live, ”wrote Johnson.

According to Johnson, Great Britain proves this by its example, being an economically developed, technically advanced and culturally rich country. The British have two "guarantors and advocates of social freedom - democracy and the rule of law," says Johnson. In his opinion, these liberal values ​​are directly related to economic well-being: "If politics cannot be removed from office democratically, corruption will spread, efficiency will decrease, people will suffer, and poverty will grow."

“To put it bluntly, Vladimir, there are countries in the world where capital is said to be concentrated in the hands of oligarchs and minions [leader], where journalists are murdered, where“ liberal values ​​”are laughed at, where, according to Rosstat, a third of the population can't afford more than two pairs of shoes a year, 12% of people go to the toilet outsideand real incomes have been falling for five years in a row, ”Johnson wrote.

Edition NewsRu He notes that in reality the situation in Russia is even worse than the British politician described it. According to Rosstat, 35,4% of families in the Russian Federation do not have the financial ability to purchase two pairs of shoes suitable for the season for each family member.

The author devoted the rest of the column to the argument that it was thanks to democracy that the British voted for leaving the European Union, where politicians from Brussels concentrated power in their hands. The text ends with the words: "If we want to support liberal values, we must leave the EU before October 31 - and we will do it."

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The other day, Vladimir Putin, in an interview with The Financial Times, said that the liberal idea has outlived its usefulness, and Western partners allegedly admitted that “some of its elements are simply unrealistic.” According to the Russian leader, in Western countries there has been a separation of the leading elites from the population. As an example, Putin cited the problem with migrants in the United States, pointing out that supporters of liberalism do nothing, and the population faces problems every day.

According to Vladimir Putin, liberalism provokes murders and robberies. “The liberal idea suggests that nothing needs to be done. Kill, rob, rape - it’s okay for you, because you are a migrant, your rights must be protected. What rights? If you violated it, you will be punished for it,” Putin said. “The liberal idea is outdated.”

At the same time, Putin made a reservation and presented himself as a supporter of the liberal idea of ​​free thought. The President of the Russian Federation noted that liberalism has the right to exist, but “one should not think that it has the right to be an absolutely dominant factor.”

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Putin’s words were widely discussed by journalists and politicians. In particular, the Russian president, despite the tight work schedule before the start of the G20 summit in Osaka, was decided to answer by the chairman of the European Council, Donald Tusk.

“Whoever claims that liberal democracy has become obsolete also claims that freedoms, the rule of law and human rights have become obsolete,” he said. According to Tusk, in reality, “authoritarianism, the cult of personality and the power of the oligarchs have become obsolete.”

“Even if sometimes they may seem effective,” the head of the European Council added.

Vladimir Putin was surprised that his words caused such a resonance, but confirmed that, in his opinion, “the liberal idea is beginning to eat itself.” As proof of this, he cited the situation with the protection of the rights of sexual minorities. “You cannot impose your point of view by force. But representatives of the so-called liberal idea have recently simply been imposing the need for a certain sex education in schools. Parents don’t want to - they almost go to jail for this!” - Putin was indignant. In his opinion, “people are fed up with this.” Perhaps that is why Donald Trump won the US elections, suggested the Russian president, who saw his like-minded person in the American leader.

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