"This is the beginning of the Transition ... "

[Pompeii]

.... "from the very beginning of our SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION in Ukraine"
... "and it must be understood that this process is already impossible to stop"

PUTIN: "This is the beginning of the transition from liberal-globalist American egocentrism to a truly multipolar world. A world not based on selfish rules for no other reason than the pursuit of hegemony. Nor on hypocritical double standards, but on the basis of international law and the genuine sovereignty of peoples and civilizations."