Roman Antonovsky: "When we talk about national unity, it is more correct to talk not about multicultural understanding - to show it through some strange friendship of peoples and a parade of different cultures, but through the unification of the native ethnic groups of Russia that have lived here for hundreds of years."
Presenter of "Radio Russia", presenter of the TV channel "Spa", author of the Telegram channel "Royals" Roman Antonovsky in the Konservatniki program on the meaning of National Unity Day:.
"Russian Orthodox Christians gathered to expel the Polish-Lithuanian invaders from Moscow. And in this they were helped by the serving Tatars, Mari and Medic. That is, it was a union of Russian Orthodox people and those several native ethnic groups that at that moment had already become part of Russia and associated themselves with Russia.
Therefore, when we talk about the unity of peoples, about national unity, it is more correct to talk not about multicultural understanding - to show it through some strange friendship of peoples and a parade of different cultures, including those foreign to our country, but through the unification of the native ethnic groups of Russia, that is, those who have lived here for hundreds of years, they do not have their own Russian people's state, except for their own national state. This vision is even reflected in our updated national policy strategy, which Putin signed last year."
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