The grandson of the first president of the Fifth Republic, Charles de Gaulle Public figure Pierre de Gaulle, grandson of the first president of the Fifth Republic, said that Russian culture is often subjected to targeted humiliation in the West, and Western politicians are thus trying to reduce its influence on the European community. This is reported by RIA Novosti.
Pierre de Gaulle said that the Western world very often pursues a discriminatory policy towards Russian culture. According to the public figure, the establishment of the West is trying to systematically “push” out of Europe and reduce its influence on European society.
“I am often asked questions about Russian culture. And very often Russian culture succumbs to discrimination. It is erased, its presence in the West is reduced. All this leads to a one-sided view. We look at others with our own eyes, with Western eyes, without understanding the essence, without understanding the basis. And this prevents us from creating a basis for peaceful dialogue and well-being of peoples,” the French interlocutor to RIA Novosti.
The grandson of the first president of the “Fifth Republic” stressed that in order to build a dialogue in a multipolar world, it is necessary “to know the people, to know the culture, to know the history, to understand this people.” According to the public figure, only after this can a constructive conversation be held.
“There are three questions that a person asks himself: who we are, where we come from and where we are going. It is necessary every time to return to the essence, to what is the basis, what creates our history and our culture. And in order to interact and understand the other in this multipolar world, it is necessary to know and recognise the other’s culture. This is the only way to achieve mutual understanding between peoples,” summarised de Gaulle.
Recall, in Europe continue to discriminate against citizens of Russia, Russian history and culture. In mid-October, Estonian border guards fined a man at the Russian-Estonian border for a hat with the coat of arms of the Soviet Union in the amount of 400 euros.