What Vladimir Putin said about the new national policy strategy

During the meeting of the Council on Interethnic Relations, Vladimir Putin formulated five proposals that should be reflected in Russia’s new state national policy strategy until 2036. The President stated that ‘the ideology of aggressive russophobia’ is directed against all the people of Russia, ‘because without the Russian people, without the Russian ethnos, without this factor, there is no and cannot be Russia itself.’ Therefore, Russian originality, traditions, culture, and language need ‘the most careful treatment,’ Putin said. One of the most important indicators of the effectiveness of national policy should be the opinion of Russians – how they assess the state of interethnic relations locally, what they think of the quality of government work in this area, the president said. According to him, this is necessary to see the real dynamics of processes in the regions. Therefore, Putin asked to study the experience of sociological research in this area and propose ways to improve them.