Ο υπέρμετρος πατριωτισμός μπορεί να οδηγήσει στον εθνικισμό και κάτι τέτοιο σημαίνει αυτοκαταστροφή, δήλωσε ο Ρώσος πρόεδρος Βλαντίμιρ Πούτιν... 

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«Αυτός ο δρόμος οδηγεί στην αυτοκαταστροφή. Η Ρωσία θα κάνει ό,τι χρειάζεται προκειμένου να αποφύγει τον...
αυξανόμενο εθνικισμό»  είπε συγκεκριμένα ο Πούτιν, μιλώντας στο φόρουμ του Valdai Club που πραγματοποιείται σήμερα, Παρασκευή, στο Σότσι.

Ο ηγέτης της Ρωσίας ζήτησε να διαχωριστεί ο εθνικισμός, ως ακραία έκφραση, από την προσπάθεια για την προώθηση των εθνικών συμφερόντων. «Είμαι ο μεγαλύτερος εθνικιστής της Ρωσίας» είπε χαρακτηριστικά, αναφερόμενος στη «θετική» πλευρά του πατριωτισμού, και πρόσθεσε: «Η σωστότερη έκφραση του πατριωτισμού είναι οι πράξεις και η πολιτική μας να υπηρετούν τα συμφέροντα του λαού. Αν ο πατριωτισμός ερμηνευτεί ως έχθρα απέναντι σε άλλους, όπως ο σοβινισμός, τότε αυτό θα καταστρέψει τη Ρωσία μας, η οποία αναπτύχθηκε και διακρίνεται ως πολυεθνική και πολυ-θρησκευτική χώρα».