The Russian language is typical European language.
And Putin just like other western leaders who are generally ignorant and full of hubris toward the Chinese civilization which was/is always the true beacon of the human civilization.
Our ancestors used to eat with fork and knife since the Shang Dynasty of 3600 years ago, way ahead of the first usage of fork/knife by the Europeans, but we later found out that the chopsticks were more convenient considered the massive amount of bamboo in China.
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No wonder China has been returning to the center of the world theatre, and in comparison, Russia has accomplished nothing in the last 30 years.
Today's Russia gonna be the tomorrow for the US.