Russia stands today in a civilizational moment. After decades of ideological vacuum, we are again confronted with the central question: who are we, and where are we going? Our Foreign Policy Concept formally recognizes what history long revealed: that Russia is not merely a nation but a civilizational state. Yet many Russians still cling to an outdated Western identity, ignoring the lesson first taught by Alexander Nevsky: that a one-sided orientation toward the West is not only naïve, but lethal for our sovereignty.
Russia’s roots lie in the forests and steppes of the north-east. Our present and future lie across the Eurasian-Pacific world and not in the exhausted imitation of Europe, where elites decay, nor in the turbulent post-liberal America struggling to redefine itself. Our destiny is self-defined.
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