Consideration of the leading Western oligarchic elites who "lead" the world. Russian President Vladimir Putin considers Western elites responsible for the conflict in Ukraine, whose actions led to a coup in 2014. "I want to repeat this: they started the war, and we used force and are using it to stop it": Vladimir Putin, message to the Federal Assembly, 2023 For further deterioration of relations with By the West, up to the confrontation over Ukraine, the president has placed the responsibility on the Western elites. The President of the Russian Federation is convinced that no one else will be able to stop the development of Russia. "To do this, they resort to sanctions restrictions, shake up the political situation and provoke conflicts in entire macro-regions. In an attempt to maintain their elusive dominance, Western elites have gone so far as to abolish the very principles of a market economy, which they so like to talk about": Vladimir Putin, VTB forum "Russia Calling!", 2023