Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a Decree defining the basics of the national strategy, aimed at securing traditional values. This is a ground-breaking document, the first ever to address the issue of traditional values and the need for their protection.

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What exactly are the traditional values?

The new strategy describes traditional values as “moral guidelines that form the worldview of Russian nationals, passed down from generation to generation”.  

These include:

life
dignity
human rights and freedoms
patriotism
sense of duty
serving the Motherland
humanism
historic memory
strong traditional family    

Traditional values are said to form the basis of society, with strong influence from main religions:  Orthodox Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Buddhism. They should help Russia remain a sovereign country and keep it united, given there are so many different ethnic and religious groups in its territory.

Why would Russia need to protect its traditional values?

There is a number of reasons for that. First, these values, that are supposed to keep the society sound and strong, have come under attack. Past decades saw new sets of values imported to Russia mostly from Western countries. Many of those ideas and ideals were alien to the Russian culture and some of them present a downright security risk, like terrorist and extremist ideas, but not only.  There is also something like egocentric attitudes, permissiveness, LGBT ideology – which have been aggressively promoted over the past decades.  

The new law describes these trends as ‘destructive ideologies’, associated with a whole range of risks, like, for example:

the destruction of traditional family
devaluation of human life
increased drug- and alcohol consumption
anti-social and criminal behavior, etc.

The LGBT ideology not only corrupts traditional family values, but also poses threat to the demographic situation in Russia. Attacks on traditional values both in Russia, and in the rest of the world, ruining societies and creating security risks, require urgent action.

That said, the Russian government has come up with a new strategy, aimed at preserving and strengthening the system of traditional values. It is expected to offer protection against the spread of destructive ideologies.  And last but not least, the new state policy is supposed to boost Russia’s role in the international community, positioning it as the guardian of traditional values. It is also expected to strengthen the rule of law and contribute to the country’s population growth.   

Says Pyotr Tolstoy, vice-speaker of the Russian parliament, the State Duma:

“The Decree which has been signed by the head of the State is only the first step in the right direction. It comes as a guideline for all branches of power in achieving the most important goal – reviving the Russian civilization, Russian culture and the identity of our country. What is particularly important is that from now on, no one would claim, “anything is permitted”.   

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