SOCHI, Oct 4 Attempts to destroy Russian culture demonstrate the weakness of the West, European leaders are influenced by democracy, their vision of Russia is limited, the grandson of the first president said on Wednesday Fifth French Republic General Charles de Gaulle Pierre de Gaulle.
«Now there are attempts to forget about Russian culture, to destroy it… This desire will not end in anything, but only shows the weakness of the West,» Pierre de Gaulle said during a session at the twentieth meeting of the Valdai international discussion club.
He added that the current European leaders and political elite are “too young and influenced by democratic views,” so their vision of Russia is limited and they “practically They don’t know about the geopolitical trends of Russian thought.”
Pierre de Gaulle noted that the conflict in Ukraine can be resolved diplomatically, and the escalation on which “the West is banking will lead to the death of people, a blow to the economy and ultimately to the weakening of world of Europe».