Russia champions ‘traditional values’
by Carolyn Moynihan for Mercatornet.com
Let’s face it: there is a lot wrong with Russia. The Russian Federation’s demographic and social problems are notorious. Abuse of alcohol among Russians is possibly the worst in the world..
But the Russians, always slightly mysterious to westerners, are also capable of surprising us. In recent years the government has shown a certain realism about fundamental issues such as family life and demography that tends to be lacking in the West. It has introduced policies favouring marriage and fertility; at recent United Nations meetings it has promoted pro-natalism rather than population control and resisted attempts to get “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” language embedded in human rights instruments.
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