7 Key Moments From Vladimir Putin's Speech - From Nuclear Threat To Gender Neutral God

President Vladimir Putin provided an update on the Ukraine conflict to a large crowd during a state of the nation address to the political elite and Russian military

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Putin: Pedophilia 'the norm' in the West

A huge crowd of Russian dignitaries sat quietly as Vladimir Putin spoke for hours today about global conflict, WWII memories and paedophiles.

The most disturbing threat uttered during this rambling speech concerned the imminent threat of a "global conflict".

Offering any hope of an end to the war in Ukraine, which began a year ago today, Putin reignited fears of a new Cold War.

But while he blamed the West for "starting the war", he gave his own personal recollections of recent history and made a series of deranged statements, which had little basis in the reality.

In one section of the rant, he said pedophilia has become "the norm" in the West, and made veiled homophobic statements.

He rallied the public, saying the West would do anything to destroy Russia, stressed the economy, and even issued a nuclear threat.

Below are seven key moments from the warlord's speech today...

The Russian tyrant blamed the Anglican Church for considering gender-neutral terms for God (

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Sergei Savostyanov/AP/REX/Shutterstock) Pedophiles and a gender neutral God

In the moments after he took to the podium, Putin claimed that pedophilia is “heralded as a normal thing” in the West.

He mentioned it when discussing LGBT+ people, which he has done in the past to suggest that the United States and Europe are trying to undermine Russian family values.

Despite Russia's terrible record on the LGBT+ platform...