Let our friend from China speak, sorry.
Mr. president, [I am] Feng Shaolei, from Shangai University.
My question is about Russia's modernisation.
You emphasised the notion of conservatism several times.
I think this is a key concept for Russia's modernisation.
You know very well that Europe, the United States and East Asia also all have their concepts of conservatism.
Could you explain this concept as you see it?
How does it differ from other concepts of conservatism?
Will it be a dominant concept in Russia's modernisation or will it play more of a temporary role for a certain period?
Thank you.
First of all, we did not come up with the concept of conservatism.
The conservatism that I am talking about is little different to the traditional interpretation of this concept and approach.
But this does not in any way mean that conservatism is about some kind of self-isolation and reluctance to develop.
Healthy conservatism is about using the best of all that is new and promising for progressive development.
However, before we tear down the old, the foundations that brought us to where we are today in terms of development, we first need to understand how the new mechanisms will work.
This is extremely important.
This means that if we want to survive, we need to support the basic pillars upon which we have built our societies over the centuries.
These basic pillars include looking after mothers and children, preserving and cherishing our own history and achievements, and looking after our traditions and our traditional faiths.
Russia has four traditional religions recognised by law and is a very diverse country.
We therefore need to create a solid base out of everything that helps us to shape our identity as the multi-ethnic Russian nation, the multi-ethnic Russian community,
while at the same time remaining open to everything new and effective in the world, everything that can contribute to growth.
We will certainly make use of all these things.
I therefore appeal to you all not to distort our words and think that if we speak of conservatism this means we are planning to close the doors and sit in the past.
This is in no way what our real plans are actually about.
[Question] What about nationalism?
Nationalism ? Patriotism can turn into nationalism.
I agree with you here, this is a very dangerous tendency.
We have to keep this in mind and make sure it does not happen.
It is dangerous for the country.
I am the biggest nationalist in Russia.
However, the greatest and most appropriate kind of nationalism is when you act and conduct policies that will benefit the people.
However, if nationalism means intolerance of other people, chauvinism – this would destroy this country, which was initially formed as a multi-ethnic and multi-confessional state.
This would lead us not only into a dead end but also to self-destruction.
Russia will do everything possible to make sure it doesn't happen.
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