Putin says about danger of attempts at exporting 'democratic' revolutions
NEW YORK. Sept 28 (Interfax) - The so-called export of 'democratic' revolutions inevitably results not in progress, but in the degradation of the situation in those countries where they were staged, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday.
"The export of revolutions, now already the so-called democratic ones, continues," he said in a speech at the 70th anniversary session of the UN General Assembly in New York.
Meanwhile, the Russian leader gave as an example the situation in the Middle East and North Africa.
"Certainly, political, social problems in this region are ripe long ago and, certainly, people want some changes there. But what has actually happened? An aggressive external interference from the outside resulted in the state institutions and the very lifestyle being unceremoniously destroyed instead of reforms," Putin said.
"Instead of the triumph of democracy and progress - violence, misery, social catastrophe, and human rights, including the right for life, are worth nothing," the Russian president said.
"So, I would like to ask those who have brought about such a situation. Do you understand now what you have done?" he said.
Putin also recalled that previously "the export of social experiments, attempts at spurring up some changes in some or other countries, proceeding from their ideological directives, frequently led to tragic consequences." "They resulted not in progress, but degradation," he said.