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April 30th 2025, TASS
Putin: nationalism is the first stage on the way to Nazism
The article is notable for the quotes on how Putin sees nationalism.
"Nationalism is the first stage to Nazism, this is the first step. Because nationalism is based not just on love for representatives of one's own ethnicity, but on hatred of others. This is the essence of nationalism. Patriotism is a completely different matter. Loving your homeland does not mean hating others," Putin said at a meeting with participants in the educational marathon.
He stressed that nationalism is fuelled by "hatred of other countries and other peoples." "Our task is to educate ourselves and the whole world around us in love for each other. It is in love for each other. This is the basis of the universe," the head of state added.
April 16th 2025, Vedomosti
The head of the Kremlin department for Monitoring and Analysis of Social Processes, Alexander Kharichev, wrote an article “Civilisation “Russia” and what is “all-Russian civilisational code.”
In publication, Mr Kharichev describes how he wants to see the population of Russia. In his view, Russia is a ‘civilisation state’ built on diverse cultures, united by common themes of collectivism and shared respect of the state as the provider of everyone’s prosperity and development. As a result, the definition of freedom means the will to endure and make an appropriate choice that serves Russian Federation. In essence, the Kremlin publicly states its goals of nation-building that would make the state the only part that can make decisions, with the people having no real alternative but to serve it. The question of how this framework encompasses different nations and cultures to make it a durable form. The ‘Soviet nation’ experiment failed, aimed at common principles of humanity, making a new attempt extra challenging.