Putin: The West has historically tried to destroy the people and culture of Russia

The noble prince Alexander Nevsky bowed to the Horde khans and received the label to reign primarily in order to effectively resist the Western conquerors who sought to destroy Russian culture. Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about this at a meeting with members of the new Public Chamber of the Russian Federation on the eve of National Unity Day.

According to Putin, although the Horde behaved arrogantly and cruelly, they did not affect the main thing: the Russian language, traditions, and culture, which were claimed by the Western conquerors. If the culture, traditions and history of a people are destroyed, then the people gradually begin to disappear as an ethnic group, the president is sure.

“Why do we reverence Alexander Nevsky so much as a saint? It was for this choice: he was thinking exactly about how to preserve the Russian people, and then all the peoples living on the territory of our huge country,” Putin explained.

Putin has repeatedly condemned attacks on Russian culture. On September 20, at a meeting with members of the board of trustees of the Mariinsky Theater, he statedthat those who seek to erase Russian culture from the world heritage are, first of all, robbing themselves. Such actions are insignificant against the background of the greatness of Russian art.

In March 2022, Putin will also condemned “an attack on Russian culture.” According to him, the “cancel culture” in Western society in relation to Russia has turned into cancel culture. October 14, 2022 President named nonsense and nonsense attempts to cancel Russian culture and called not to do the same with Ukrainian culture. On January 25 he statedthat the Russians would never have thought of “cancelling” the works of outstanding foreign authors.