Overview
- The comments were delivered on October 2 at the Valdai International Discussion Club in Sochi.
- Putin said the United Nations has very many problems yet remains the best available multilateral forum.
- He argued that the organization’s large potential goes underused because nations act in a disunited way.
- He called for the institution to be adapted to changing realities, offering no detailed reform proposals.
- State news agency RIA Novosti published several same‑day reports emphasizing different aspects of his remarks.