PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, Dec 25 Russia couldn't behave just as cynically as the West, in the situation in Ukraine, the country has a different philosophy, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. deeply immersed in the moral values of Eastern Christianity, Western Christianity, Islam, they always said that we have different approaches, in general, there is more of a material approach and a definition of success in life in the material part. !» — he said in an interview with Pavel Zarubin in the «Moscow. Kremlin. Putin» program, the journalist published the materials in his telegram channel.
Putin also said that he was not surprised by the behavior of the Russians.
«Nothing surprising with there is no point of view that someone behaved differently from a true patriot, because in any society there are always people who, first of all, think about their personal interests, which means about some personal plans … I, frankly speaking, , I don’t particularly condemn them — every person has the right to choose,» he said, adding that this is a very small part.
«But as for the main part — 99.9% of our citizens, our people who are ready to put everything in the interests of the Motherland — there is nothing unusual here for me, as it were. But this just once again convinces me that Russia is a special country and special people live here. This is confirmed throughout the history of Russia's existence. And again today,» Putin said.