# Russian President Vladimir Putin says the West would try to undermine Russia regardless of whether it lifted sanctions, telling business leaders in Moscow they should look elsewhere to invest. Delivering a broadly anti-Western speech ahead of a crunch phone call with US counterpart Donald Trump, Putin said Western dominance was “slipping away”. Western countries introduced sweeping sanctions on Russia in response to its full-scale military offensive against Ukraine in February 2022, restrictions that the Kremlin has called an “illegal” attempt to destroy its economy.
Putin says Russia should look elsewhere to invest as Western dominance is slipping away