Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club in the Black Sea resort of Sochi ©AP Russian president Vladimir Putin on Friday accused the US of undermining the post-Cold War world order, warning that without efforts to establish a new system of global governance the world could collapse into anarchy and chaos. In one of his most anti-US speeches in 15 years as Russia’s most powerful politician, Mr Putin insisted allegations that its annexation of Crimea showed that it was trying to rebuild the Soviet empire were “groundless”. Russia had no intention of encroaching on the sovereignty of its neighbours, he insisted. More On this story Russia takes EU to court over sanctions EU energy deal will hurt Putin, says Davey Drinks with Russian soldiers in Lugansk Global Insight US experts fear Russia sanctions blowback Editorial Putin is leading Russia down an isolationist path […]