the theme of the current anniversary council, the present and future of the russian world, also prompts us to these considerations. i remember how this public forum was created 30 years ago, back in 1993. in conditions of general confusion, the request for the search for certain unifying principles was extremely popular and relevant, only those who tried to find... some kind of community that could accumulate the necessary ideas, thoughts that would help the people build their understanding of the future, were not always successful , although there were such attempts, but that’s the topic

the drama surrounding the theme of the russian world, the future of russia, was so important, and so carrying within itself the simultaneous creative potential that it could not help but be resolved as a result of many public discussions, and so gradually the idea of ​​​​establishing a public forum arose, in which everyone who felt their involvement in the russian people and russian culture, who were not indifferent to what was happening in society, could discuss emerging issues and share ideas, it was important to create a space for free and honest dialogue about the fate of fatherland, in order to consolidate healthy social forces that are working for the revival of the homeland, formulating answers to the difficult challenges of the time, acceptable also for citizens who are not russian by nationality, this was initially the task of the world russian people's council, not. .. renouncing

our russianness and not diminishing our russianness in any way, to do everything in order to serve the entire multinational people of our country, more and more persistently, at that time the topics of the spiritual origins of our identity, the combination russian and the world began to be heard more and more often to express the special cultural phenomenon of russia. delivering a report back in 2004, i noted that the appeal to this concept, almost 10 years after the establishment of the world russian people's council, is due, among other things, to the fact that over the past years russia has finally defined itself axiologically and began to recognize itself as a country, which is inheriting a rich tradition, a rich tradition, an orthodox tradition that has key.

capable of starting seriously, including within the framework of the world russian people's council , to study these problems and discuss them openly, it would be wrong, and this was said immediately, creating a world russian people's council, it would be wrong. by the russian world we mean exclusively the russian federation. that is why , from the very beginning , people living far beyond the borders of the russian federation began to take active part in our cathedrals. let me remind you of the important words spoken almost 20 years ago, which now... i quote: for us

, the russian world is not an ethnic concept. the russian world includes all peoples belonging to other religions, but sharing the same values ​​of social life along with the russian people. it is russia, which recognizes itself as orthodox, that is able to maintain different cultures in unity. over the centuries, russia has developed a mechanism for the coexistence of different cultures and religions. accept some social values, but retain their religious identity, end of quote. the use of the concept “russian world” in russian public discourse has evoked many strong emotions, both inside countries, among supporters of the liberal model of development, and among our, as it is now customary to say, western partners, who saw in this concept clear signs of a revival of russian self-awareness. the very idea

of ​​the spiritual and cultural world is not some kind of innovation, it is not an invention of the mind, but a widespread phenomenon that characterizes the development of a certain type of culture. which, in the course of successful existence, created a unique value paradigm. this is what i would like to say a few words about today. so, about the very formula of the russian world, and the formula is this: cultural diversity, from rome, from the roman, to the russian world. the blossoming complexity of human civilization revealed in history is certainly the action of the wise, god, this is the wealth of the historical garden of god, as ilyin wrote about it, who emphasized that russia is called upon to show the diversity of talents that the almighty creator has endowed our people. true, peoples

manage these talents, and they do, and maybe they will, unfortunately, not always according to their conscience. examples of what we see today there are many, and of course, these examples were in the past; some cultures tend to go beyond natural national boundaries, overcoming ethnic isolation, and themselves become a source for the development of other peoples, influencing their social structure and spiritual life. this expansion of culture, which occurred in the past often with the use of military-political forces, led to the creation of entire cultural areas, cultural worlds. history remembers many similar examples, so the famous pax romana became a symbol the highest power of the roman empire, the pax hispanica, the time of the dawn of spain,

which extended its influence to the south american lands, and the pax britannica became the designation of the period of world domination of the british. cultural and geopolitical union around the united states of america, which is the core of a special economic political ideological system. let's not forget that there is also a huge arab world that unites countries of arab culture. moreover, even entire organizations are formed on the basis of sociocultural community, for example, the arab league or the union of south american nations, uniting the countries of latin america. the list of these cultural worlds can be continued for a long time. after all, our orthodox brothers, the greeks , have been talking about the existence of the greek world for many centuries

and singing the great values ​​of hellenism, and this does not bother anyone. but once we state the obvious, about the existence of an area of ​​russian culture, the world, how much noise arose when we formulated this idea and began to develop it, how many ridiculous, far-fetched accusations were made by our imaginary friends and ill-wishers, as popular wisdom says, the cap is on fire, was it really in the depths of the russian world that the concept of the axis of evil, or the idea of ​​a world policeman, was born, did we come up with the theme of abolition that amazes us with cynicism and spiritual barbarity? culture, are we imposing hegemony on the rest of the world, presenting it as a universal, uncontested benefit for the rest of the world? i think the answer is obvious. i would like to note that, contrary to popular belief, the concept of the russian world appeared,

of course, not at all in 2000. many outstanding writers and philosophers have reflected on the civilizational identity of russia. these are truly impressive. a number of titans of russian culture: nikolai danilevsky, nikolai berdyaev, vladimir solovyov, nikolai lossky, father sergius bulgakov, lev karsavin, father pavel florendsky, semyon frank, ivan ilyin, and finally, fyodor mikhailovich dostoevsky, who coined the term russian idea, this is only very a few names from a large list of thinkers who were inspired in their work, the idea russian world, not everything can be agreed with in their reasoning, each of them placed emphasis in his own way, describing the phenomena of russia and russian identity, however, relying on their intuitions and insights, we can glean something very valuable,

adding to it what we have experienced and understood from our own spiritual and cultural experience of past decades. what are the key features of russian? which is essentially the value basis of the russian world, as a special spiritual, cultural space, what is the formula of the russian world when... uses the term nation, usually means a community of people speaking the same language, but in the case of the russian people, there is an interesting nuance: russian emigrants, say, already in the second or third generation can hardly speak russian, but nevertheless they consider themselves real russians and remember their historical homeland with spiritual longing. i can speak about this from my own experience, because due to my duty for quite some time... i had to live in western europe. moreover, not everyone who speaks and writes in russian, as in the native language, this declares

belonging to the russian people. moreover, some openly renounce their national roots, indicating their rejection of the russian cultural code. but god is their judge. rejection of the memory of ancestors is a phenomenon clearly condemned in our spiritual tradition. so, the question of language is certainly important, but it is not.... what is it? the unity of culture is of decisive importance, consisting in the awareness among peoples of a common historical destiny, and a common spiritual and moral values, from which, in turn, stems the unity of worldview. let me emphasize, it is a worldview, not an ideology. these things should never be mixed. ideologies can change depending. depending on the political situation, therefore unity on such a basis is fragile, unreliable and can crumble under

unfavorable conditions; our country, from the sad historical experience of the past century, knows this well. it is precisely taking into account the negative, but still valuable experience in the russian constitution in force today, a ban was enshrined on the establishment of a common state ideology, mandatory for everyone. in response to the question of a number of social forces who certainly want to have some kind of national idea, i can only repeat again, we already have it, what could be better, if you want to more effectively motivate a person to creative work, for the good of society, than sincere love and devotion to the homeland, those who truly love the country, their people and culture, no ideology is needed, no need to invent or invent anything, that’s all, the most important thing

we already have the richest spiritual and cultural traditions of orthodoxy, a unique valuable experience of living together peacefully and respectfully interacting with representatives of other nationalities and religions, we just need to be worthy heirs of our ancestors and live in accordance with our beliefs so that deeds do not diverge from words... . returning to the definition of the formula of the russian world, we can say that the russian world is a community of sacred things. using this word not only in religious meaning, although this dimension undoubtedly very important. the commonality of ideological ideas and moral values ​​unites people of different ethnic origins, different religions and cultural traditions. this has it.

something irrational, as nikolai aleksandrovich berdyaev noted , however, the hatred of the opponents of the russian world is apparently just as irrational, but what binds us, what is sacred for us, the key concept, the common denominator in the form of the russian world, tradition, tradition, this follows from the innermost form of the word, for in translated as sweet, it literally means tradition, transmission, first of all, it ensures the connection of generations, preserves and transmits valuable spiritual cultural experience to people. without this experience, neither the existence of the people nor a strong, stable statehood, which is essentially a visible expression of the will of the nation for social self-organization, is possible. the break with tradition was always painfully experienced by the russian people, who tried to heal... then these wounds, this was the case in the 16th century, in the era of uncontrolled cultural

influences of the west, its absolute dominance in russian, in russian public life, in the next century i will remind you that russian writers made a great contribution to restoring the integrity of russian culture, and perhaps first of all alexander sergeevich pushkin. we can say that with this restoration began a powerful dawn of russian culture, which gave... the world many outstanding writers, artists and composers, but an even more tragic break occurred in the century, when the new authorities headed for a decisive rejection of the heritage... of the past, announcing that they will destroy the old world will be built to its foundations and a new one will be built on its ruins. the orthodox tradition from time immemorial, which determined the existence of the russian people and instilled in them the best moral qualities, was rejected, just as all religiosity was rejected. unprecedented persecution of the church and

believers, brutal repressions against clergy, and of different religions, not only the orthodox clergy. these are the sad fruits of the activities of the then government, what happened in the end, we know, a house built on sand cannot stand, as the gospel tells us, but the country , with all its military-political strength and powerful ideological propaganda, turned out to be an insufficiently strong structure, for all of us, this is a visible lesson, because we are... involved in all this, some are already actively being involved in public life, someone else being at that age when he could not actively participate, but we all remember that time, from which we also need to learn the right lesson, if you destroy the spiritual foundation of the life of the people, then

a disaster occurs, first line in people's hearts, where, in dostoevsky’s expression, dostoevsky’s main battle of good and evil is waged, where the devil fights with god. praise the lord, three decades after the abandonment of the policy of state atheism, it was possible to gradually level out the situation. today , orthodox churches and monasteries are actively being built in russia and in other countries under the canonical responsibility of the russian church. this fact is always impressive and causes undisguised surprise among many believers in the west, where there are christians. on the contrary, churches are being closed, remodeled, but in the best case, for concert halls, and there are cases when for cafes and even nightclubs . i would like to express special gratitude to the state leadership of russia and personally to vladimir vladimirovich putin for their invariably great attention to the spiritual component of the life of the people, for understanding

the special historical role of the orthodox tradition in the development of russian culture and russian statehood. i have said more than once before and i will repeat it again, we really live in very favorable times. rarely does the lord give such a unique chance, we can build constructive and friendly relations between the orthodox church and other religious associations with government authorities. in the history of russia , perhaps, this is the first time, even at a time when the country called itself an orthodox empire, there was no such mutual understanding regarding the strengthening of the traditional spiritual and moral foundations of the life of the people. i already gave an example once, when prince golitsino alexander i offered to become the uberprokur of the holy governing synod, he was embarrassed, surprised, then quietly said:

emperor, sir, you know that i am a mason and an atheist. well, how can i be the chief prosecutor of the synod, to which alexander said: “go, you can handle it.” well, this is how we dealt with it. talking about crisis phenomena always prompts us to remember the etymology of the word crisis itself. crisis is literally translated from greek as judgment. how do we respond to some serious problem? this will be the real quality of our spiritual life. the judgment of our faith. as already mentioned, tradition is the common spiritual and cultural denominator of russian peace. today tradition is under great pressure. they are trying to undermine it both from the inside and from the outside. now we will try to fill this word tradition with specific concepts. family

is the basis of russian national life , the inner stronghold of traditions. the family not only helps a person to understand the world around him, but teaches her love, kindness and compassion, gives the most important moral ideas and appropriate guidelines. the traditional family was considered several decades ago as something as natural as air. to the head call to create families and have children, but last but not least, thanks to external influences broadcast in the public space of our country, some people believe that the traditional family is an outdated relic. i am saddened to learn that today in the domestic film industry there are films

promoting surrogacy and justifying this method of overcoming childlessness, including through the emotion of sympathy for infertile couples. it would seem, at first glance, how good it is to empathize with suffering people, those who cannot to have a child, but we... know perfectly well where it happens, the road is often paved with good intentions, our country once set itself the goal of revealing the secret of the nuclear core, in order to protect itself, no resources were spared to solve this problem, which, considering, that without this our people will not preserve freedom and the very right to life, i am sure that in our days , it is the preservation of the people that is the condition for the survival of the country and a goal for the achievement of which we must not spare any resources, neither material, nor intellectual, nor

organizational, one cannot spare material resources for the development of the family, it is necessary to recognize the full conditions of a quality life for large families, in particular helping in obtaining housing, education, and so on, my special heart... pain is the unresolved problem with abortion, which i often raise in conversations with government authorities at various levels, this is, without exaggeration, a real national disaster that destroys the future of our society, destroys the idea of ​​​​the value of human life, but the solution the problem of abortion lies not only in the plane of legislative prohibitions; it is very important to carry out educational work, including in school, instilling in children respect for human life, love for parents, for their native country, for our moral values ​​and ideals. without love acting in free

moral choice, no prohibitions can radically change the situation. without love, all this becomes a soulless system of punishment, which a person will always try to circumvent by cunning. opposition abortion, of course, is not the only measure for change. demographic situation, i know that by presidential decree 2024 has been declared the year of the family. firstly, i thank vladimir vladimirovich for this initiative, i hope that the planned state support for the institution of the traditional family will be extended in subsequent years. now a few words about migration: the migration situation as a pain point. yes, indeed, the topic of the migration situation in russia is sensitive and not pleasant for everyone. but in fact, this question is extremely important in light of what was said about the preservation of russian culture.

modern migration processes and their current nature pose a serious external challenge to our cultural tradition. an erroneous migration policy can lead to the most tragic consequences for the russian world and for russia, as its spiritual and cultural core. nowadays , the idea that migrants are a competitive labor force is popular in the public space, and therefore society must come to terms with the consequences that virtually unlimited import brings with it. foreign labor. of course, i don’t know all the aspects of this problem, and i admit that it is indeed quite difficult to do without migration flows in economic terms today, but this does not mean at all that these flows should not be limited in any way... regulated. the massive influx of emigrants who do not speak russian, who do not have a proper understanding of russian cultural history,

our traditions and customs, and therefore are unable and often unwilling to integrate into russian society, is changing the appearance of russian cities leads to the deformation of the unified, legal, cultural, linguistic space of the country. in some of the largest. closed ethnic enclaves are actively developing in cities, which are breeding grounds for corruption, organized ethnic crime and illegal migration, there is no need to hush this up, we are not offending anyone, among the people who came to work in russia there are a lot of respectable people, by the way, who respect russian people to our traditions and to the orthodox church and faith, but there are also people with other interests and other goals. news reports, unfortunately, are full of messages about the aggressive behavior of emigrants towards ours.

all this causes the justified indignation of many of our compatriots, who want to see a more strict and attentive attitude to this problem on the part of law enforcement agencies and government authorities; to a lesser extent, social tension and its social tension and the growth of mistrust are facilitated by the fact that russian citizenship is increasingly being obtained by migrants from countries whose cultural and civilizational characteristics are significantly different from those that exist in our fatherland. at the same time, the procedure for obtaining a passport for russian-speaking people culturally close to russia remains bureaucratically complex. and the question arises, why is it quite simple for some, but in connection with the influx of this. depending on the type

of migrants, the problems that have been mentioned arise, but for some reason it is very difficult for others. i am in no way against those people who they want to work honestly in our country, but they must clearly understand that neither the profit they bring to russian entrepreneurs, nor the presence of a russian passport, does not free them from respect for russian society, the russian people, and our traditions. i would like to emphasize that in addition to economic benefits, there are the most important strategic issues of the existence of the state and society, our traditions, language, laws, culture and customs, the value of profit cannot be higher than the value of the state, which is ready to defend the interests of the state that forms

people, i emphasize, the point here is, i emphasize: the point here is not that the majority of migrant workers are not christians, no, if they were christians, for example, of a different denomination, who arrived from another region with their own customs, traditions, cultures, this could also would create certain problems. i am sure that the orthodox, as well as the muslims of our country, with whom we have lived for centuries, god...kobok: we want to preserve russia in the form in which it has developed over the centuries of its existence. if you replace a significant part of the russian multinational people to other peoples who follow their own historical path and do not accept our identity, then our country will become different, very different, not much like russia. under these conditions, russia is in dire

need of significant carriers. migration policy. life practice has shown the ineffectiveness of solving problems with migrants through attempts to come to an agreement with national diaspora clans who are ready not only to stand up for their representative in order to rid him of fair punishment according to the law, but take in every possible way to take revenge on those who dared to contact law enforcement agencies, reporting crimes. what could be... a solution, what could be a solution to the migration problem, we need to think and seriously analyze, including the experience of other countries that have faced similar challenges, but most importantly, we need a process of studying this problem, in no case should it be pushed into some corner and say that nothing is happening, or just answer, otherwise we

cannot, we don’t have enough work. this the problem should be on the table for public discussion and, of course, when making government decisions. returning to the words i said 20 years ago, i would like to emphasize again that russia is able to maintain different cultures in unity only when it is itself. the orthodox realizes, and these words should in no way create a feeling of discomfort in non-orthodox people, that’s why: being the core of russian culture, the orthodox faith has nurtured in the russian people all those moral qualities that constitute today...