Well, I thought I might watch some of the video of the Valdai meeting in that link and ended up watching the whole three hours of it LOL.
The last half of the video was for questions and Putin got the lot! For anyone who wants to hear what Putin thinks from his own lips I can recommend at least watching the last half. The speeches in the first half were very good as well.
There were many interesting points but the obvious one is that there is no way Putin will back down due to the sanctions. It will be a fight to the death if needs be, although I reckon the US will be seen as the bully and will eventually have to back off.
