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that the world is probably entering the "most dangerous" decade since the end of World War II.The Russian leader showed no sign of
backpedaling on the eight-month-old invasion of Ukraine, and indeed painted the current situation as part of the decline of Western
dominance in global affairs.Putin's comments on the global situation at the annual Valdai Discussion Club meeting were answered indirectly
by the United States Defense Department's release of its formal National Defense strategy, in which it painted Moscow as an "acute
place as fighting ground on in Ukraine's east and south, with neither side claiming significant gains."The historical period of undivided
dominance of the West in world affairs is coming to an end," said Putin
"The unipolar world is becoming a thing of the past."While the West was still "desperately" trying to govern humanity, it was not able to
"Most peoples of the world no longer want to put up with it," he said.The Ukraine offensive, he said, was simply part of the "tectonic
filed a complaint Thursday with the UN Security Council demanding an international investigation into the United States'
"military-biological activities" in Ukraine
The United States rejected the accusation, while the UN said it was "not aware" of any such program in Ukraine.After a closed-door UN
Security Council meeting, Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said they were serious about the dirty bomb allegation."We would be happy to
Security Council meeting, said they would work "to detect any diversion of nuclear material under safeguards, any undeclared production or
processing of nuclear material at the two locations and assure that there are no undeclared nuclear material and activities."The agency said
it had inspected "one of the two locations a month ago and no undeclared nuclear activities or materials were found there."New worries on
which Ukraine says are being held up by Russian ship inspections.On Wednesday, after meeting with Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco
Embalo, who represented the Economic Community of West African States, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said there was a backup of
175 ships waiting to pick up and deliver grain.Zelensky said the backup was a "deterioration of access to food for millions of people" in
backs out of the pact to permit Ukraine grain stocks to be delivered to global markets.The 120-day pact expires on Nov
19, and the backup of the ships and uncertainty over whether it will be renewed has already caused prices of some food products to rise."The
that this grain can continue to move out of Ukraine and certainly, we will do everything we can to sustain the agreement," he said.
