Putin Aims to Triumph in Battle for ‘Cultural Supremacy’
- New soft-power policy casts Russia as defender of tradition
- Russia banned same-sex marriage, attacks LGBTQ ‘propaganda’
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President Vladimir Putin sought to position Russia as leading the defense of “traditional” cultural values against the liberal West in a new Kremlin decree.
“The battle for cultural supremacy is growing on the world stage,” according to the statement Putin signed Monday on Russia’s “humanitarian policy” abroad. “Centuries of history have given Russia a rich cultural heritage and spiritual potential that has put it in a unique position to successfully spread traditional Russian moral and religious values.”