The world is fed up with “liberal values”, Russia’s military operation in Ukraine and Western sanctions should help Russia return culture to its original path with conservative values, patriotism and orthodox faith, famous Russian actor and director Sergei said. Bezrukov in an AFP interview disclosed on Tuesday, August 16.

“We must take advantage of Russia’s isolation to reconnect with our traditions. Instead of looking to Hollywood, Russia should build its own culture, cleansed of Western influences. For the past 30 years, we’ve lived in the Marvel universe. It’s time to create our own.” own”, – said the 48-year-old artistic director of the Moscow Provincial Theater.

Bezrukov noted that, of course, it is impossible to return to the times of the USSR, but Russia, according to him, can try to restore faith in its own forces. The European Union recently imposed sanctions on Sergei Bezrukov for supporting a Russian military invasion of Ukraine.

On the threshold of the “conservative revolution”

Russian President Vladimir Putin has positioned himself in the past as the guardian of traditional values ​​such as religion and marriage between a man and a woman, emphasizing that Western liberal values ​​have outlived their usefulness. Since the outbreak of war in Ukraine, Russian authorities have increased their efforts to break with Western values, emphasizing that art must play an important role in this matter.

“Russia is on the brink of a conservative revolution,” said Eduard Boyakov, artistic director of the Moscow Art Theater, which advocates what he calls Russia’s “holy war” in Ukraine.