During a meeting of the Council for Interethnic Relations, Putin said: “New so-called international organizations and various quasi-national centers are being created. They are, in fact, just tools for an information war against us. Now you know that.”
He continued: “The culture, traditions, and languages of every people in our vast country are important and necessary for us as well. This diversity and the effort to preserve it is the foundation of Russia’s national policy.”
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized that National Unity Day embodies the cohesion of Russian society and the continuity of generations. In a welcoming message to participants in the “Peoples of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States” festival, read by Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu, Putin said: “The opening of the festival on the eve of National Unity Day has symbolic significance, as this day embodies the cohesion of Russian society and the continuity of generations.”
