V.V. Putin in IX St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum - Forum of United Cultures

🎙 Speech by Russian President V.V. Putin at the plenary session of the IX St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum - Forum of United Cultures ( November 17, 2023 )

Main points

• Cultural diversity is the greatest blessing, and the interaction of cultures is one of the conditions for stable and peaceful development.

• Among the main reasons for the current tension in the world are the claims of individual forces to exclusivity, including cultural ones.

• The future lies in the free, multi-linear and diverse development of cultures , in the broadest dialogue between humanitarian communities of the multipolar world, which is being born today.

• Russia's cancel policy is anti-cultural, neo-colonial, and racist in nature.

• Despite all the bans and sanctions, art still knows no boundaries. This is how it is and how it will be, especially in our time of rapid technological progress.

• Russia and our people have a deeply conscious responsibility for the preservation of world heritage and traditional values.

• In our national character there is indifference to the pain of others and the desire for justice, as well as concern for preserving our common property - I mean now the Russian language.

🇷🇺 Russia is committed to working closely together with everyone who shares our values of peace, friendship and mutual respect , who are ready to take part in the formation of a modern multipolar world based on civilizational and cultural diversity.