SOCHI, November 7. /TASS/. The society currently lives through an era of radical, revolutionary changes, being directly involved in the extremely complicated process of the modern world, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

"We live in the era of cardinal and, basically, revolutionary changes. We get to not only comprehend, but be direct participants of the extremely complex processes in the first quarter of the 21st century," he said, speaking at the plenary meeting of the Valdai International discussion club.