ST. PETERSBURG, November 16 Russian culture in the West is often subject to discrimination, and attempts are being made to reduce its presence , which prevents the creation of a basis for dialogue, said the grandson of the first president of the Fifth Republic, Charles de Gaulle, public figure Pierre de Gaulle.
«I am often asked questions about Russian culture. And very often Russian culture lends itself 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, Western eyes, without understanding the essence, without understanding the basis And this prevents the creation of a basis for peaceful dialogue and prosperity of peoples,” de Gaulle said at the IX St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum.
«It is very important to return to the roots… Get to know the people, get to know the culture, get to know the history, understand this people. And only on this basis can we begin understand and start a dialogue,” he added.
Pierre de Gaulle noted that to interact in a multipolar world it is necessary to know someone else's culture.
«There are three questions that a person asks himself: who we are, where we come from and where we are going. It is necessary each time to return to the essence, to what is the basis, what creates our history and our culture. And in order to interact and «To understand another in this multipolar world, it is necessary to know and recognize someone else's culture. This is the only way we can achieve mutual understanding between peoples,» he said.
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