Moscow studies "a political culture of Statehood" to avoid Ukrainian scenario
Moscow ( AsiaNews) - A " a political culture of Statehood " to avoid a recurrence of the Ukrainian scenario in Russia as well as a "division of society influenced by external forces". This was the topic under discussion at a March 31 meeting of the Russian presidential administration headed by Serghei Ivanov.He stressed the urgency of this proposal with the working group in charge of drafting the "foundations" of this project.
"The recent events in Ukraine show how the rejection of traditional values and the division of society by external influences can have serious consequences for a State - said the politician - We cannot allow this to happen, we do not have the right". A Putin loyalist, Ivanov stressed the importance of a central politics that strengthens national civil identity as well as the cultural life of the Russian people. "This is particularly relevant now that, globally, it becomes increasingly aggressive competition in the realm of ideas and information is becoming increasingly aggressive" he added.
In turn, the
presidential advisor Vladimir Tolstoy suggested that the foundations of the a political
culture of Statehood be based "on the unity and integrity" of the
country , as well as the "particularities of each region, group of people
and language". The goal, he says, "is
not how to interpret or reinterpret the past in the present, but foreshadow
what future we want for Russia". "One
of the main challenges - added the councilor - is the need for a cultural
revival". "If
we do this - he concluded - we need to inoculate the culture at a very early
age ."
For
some time, analysts and independent press in Russia denounce an acceleration of
the trend to standardize information and education along official lines,
suppressing voices and positions critical of power. Last
year guidelines were approved for a "unified history text" for
schools, an initiative promoted by Putin himself, who will be included among the
historic figures of the textbook . The
crisis in Ukraine, with references to patriotism and "the fight against
fascism and Nazism" - embodied , according to the Russian authorities, by
the extremist fringes that emerged among the Maidan protest in Kiev - has
sparked a real ideological war.
The state news agency RIA Novosti has been closed and re-vampedwith the aim to "re-establish the image of Russia", the independent TV Dozhd has been blocked by cable channels, after holding a survey in which they were advancing doubts about pre- Soviet strategy during the Nazi siege of Leningrad; Andrey Zubov, a professor at the prestigious University of International Relations in Moscow, was fired for criticizing several times in the media the Kremlin's policy in Ukraine and Crimea, and comparing Russia to Germany in the 1930s. Recently, also, the Duma received a bill to establish a new national holiday: the Day of the "Taking of Paris". It will mark the end of the Russian campaign: the invasion carried out by Napoleon in 1812 and which ended in a disastrous defeat and the destruction of most of the French and foreign troops. A shameful event for the West against which the Kremlin is increasingly pitting its history and its values. (N.A.)
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