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@WizarGod · 2026-10-16 02:05

The selective omissions in Russia’s official narrative and the arguments advanced by its policy think tanks can be summarized as follows: Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran form an anti-Western bloc, with Russia at its forefront. Vladimir Putin and Russian strategic thinkers argue that the Western model of civilization and liberal democracy has reached a dead end. They portray the West as suffering from excessive liberalism, moral decay, abortion, drug abuse, and youth suicide. They consequently advocate a shift toward authoritarianism and centralized power, while fearing that Ukraine’s alignment with Western civilization could pose a threat to Russia. Putin and Russian elites have repeatedly expressed views along these lines. In a 2019 interview with the Financial Times, Putin explicitly declared that “the liberal idea has become obsolete,” arguing that it conflicts with the interests of the majority. He also criticized open-border and multicultural policies, claiming that they contribute to crime and social disorder. Since then, Putin has repeatedly criticized Western liberalism for what he portrays as its moral degeneration and intolerance toward alternative paths of development. He has presented traditional family structures, religion, gender roles, and patriotism as the foundations of Russia’s civilizational identity, while accusing the West of moral decline in its approaches to gender identity, family structures, and historical narratives. In his 2022 speech announcing Russia’s annexation of parts of Ukraine, Putin even used terms such as “satanic” to describe what he sees as the West’s ideological direction. Russia’s Foreign Policy Concept and Putin’s speeches at the Valdai Discussion Club have also emphasized Russia’s status as a unique “civilization-state,” arguing that the world should accommodate multiple coexisting civilizations rather than converge toward the Western model of liberal democracy. This narrative elevates the conflict over Ukraine to the level of a civilizational struggle. If Ukraine were to align fully with the West, Russia’s leadership argues, the consequences would extend beyond a geopolitical security threat to encompass what it perceives as an erosion of the broader “Russian civilizational space.” Consequently, preventing Ukraine from integrating into Western institutions is portrayed as a necessary act of defending Russia’s own identity and survival, rather than merely a conventional struggle over spheres of influence. This official Russian narrative provides ideological justification for authoritarian rule at home and territorial expansion abroad. At the same time, it magnifies genuine problems within Western societies—including immigration challenges, cultural disputes, and declining social trust—and presents them as proof that the liberal democratic model has failed. Yet Russia itself has long faced serious problems involving alcohol abuse, drug abuse, suicide, population decline, and family instability. These domestic problems are conspicuously downplayed or selectively omitted in the official narrative.

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