In the West, formed the image of Russia as a dangerous, violent country that cannot be trusted; this attitude was the result of the reluctance of Moscow “dance to some music”, said journalist Vladimir Pozner.
“the Stereotypes concerning Russia and Russians exist for a very long time, and no matter what the ideology. What is Russian (in the understanding of Western people): drinking, scary, unshaven type, the streets of its cities bears walking well and all that jazz. These stereotypes are, ironically, still exist, although it seems to be a lot of people visited Russia to understand that it is not,” said Posner, answering the question of how to objectively and adequately the image and the image of Russia perceived in the West.
Thus, according to the broadcaster, currently the relation to Russia is worse than during the peak of the cold war.
“Then it was an ideological struggle, a struggle of ideas. On the one hand socialism-communism, on the other freedom-capitalism and these two points of view collide. Today, no ideology, no, rather, there is one ideology, because Russia is also, in the end, the capitalist state, not a socialist, Yes, wild capitalism, but still capitalism,” said Posner, whose words are on his website.
However, he noted, “due to the fact that eventually the Russian leadership in the person of (President Vladimir) Putin did not want to play by the rules, which insisted that the United States, he said definitely and rigidly in Munich in 2007, is that the attitude to Russia has changed dramatically. Rather, it has changed to Putin, and Putin became a symbol of Russia: Russia is Putin and Putin is Russia”.
According to him, in this respect, “there are different shades, as dangerous, violent, merciless, not to be trusted, who is to be feared”. “And this is the result of the unwillingness to say bluntly, “to dance to some music.” And it cannot be called myths. This is the image that arises as a result of the speeches of politicians and the result is what you see on TV, what you read in the media,” he added.
Informed presenter Vladimir Pozner has told, than he associated childhood, Russia and his family.
