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PUTIN OFFERS "SOMETHING DISTANT AND SPIRITUAL"
In an interview the Russian president Vladimir Putin uttered a sacral
phrase: "We have no ideological controversies with Barack Obama, only
cultural. The American identity is based on individualism, the Russian
one on something going beyond the horizon, something spiritual..."
Putin presented indefinitely but comprehensively enough the choice
that Armenia is facing. It is hard to choose between individualism
and consumerism of the West, and "something going beyond the horizon,
something spiritual" that Russia offers. It is hard because we belong
to neither of these two philosophies.
Comfort and satiety have always been important for Armenians. Even in
chronicles Armenians are described as people who are tied to their
homes in the broad sense of the word. At the same time, Armenians
are not far from the "spiritual" aspect either. They have created a
lot during history. Perhaps the closest to the Armenians is jewelry
where one can show subtle creativity, an understanding of harmony on
gold which is expensive.
But is Putin honest when he describes Russians as spiritual? Current
Russia which is addicted to gas and its relations with half of the
world are based on their dependence gas is unlikely to think about
"something beyond something else". It is all about cash for which
"non-spiritual" pressure is put on partners. Take the recent increase
of price of gas for Armenia.
Is this spirituality that Russia offers to Armenia? Apparently,
Putin has decided to build a new image for his policy aimed at the
revival of the Soviet Empire calling to unite those who are far from
consumerism and who care more about high values. Almost the same are
saying the advocates of revival of the empire. They say that the West
is a place of moral decay, dying economy and individualism. We the
Armenians and Russians turn out to be collective people.
Western excess of individualism and others is not something new to the
world. What is new is the philosophy of "spirituality" that Putin is
proposing to us. How is it different from what it was in the Soviet
times when it was all non-individual and collective, and when the
need for comfort was hypocritically called narrow-mindedness? What
was spirituality? It was romantic trips to collect potatoes during
Putin's youth?
In fact, Russian people can dream too. One can see it from their
fairytales and works by their writers. Unfortunately, however, dreams
remained "something distant". A lot of basic things were not produced
in the huge space of the Soviet Union. The same is happening now when
Putin sells gas and buys everything necessary for comfort from the
West with the money earned from the sale of gas.
As Yuri Shevchuk says: ""When oil runs out, our president..."
Naira Hayrumyan 15:04 17/06/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/society/view/30185
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
In an interview the Russian president Vladimir Putin uttered a sacral
phrase: "We have no ideological controversies with Barack Obama, only
cultural. The American identity is based on individualism, the Russian
one on something going beyond the horizon, something spiritual..."
Putin presented indefinitely but comprehensively enough the choice
that Armenia is facing. It is hard to choose between individualism
and consumerism of the West, and "something going beyond the horizon,
something spiritual" that Russia offers. It is hard because we belong
to neither of these two philosophies.
Comfort and satiety have always been important for Armenians. Even in
chronicles Armenians are described as people who are tied to their
homes in the broad sense of the word. At the same time, Armenians
are not far from the "spiritual" aspect either. They have created a
lot during history. Perhaps the closest to the Armenians is jewelry
where one can show subtle creativity, an understanding of harmony on
gold which is expensive.
But is Putin honest when he describes Russians as spiritual? Current
Russia which is addicted to gas and its relations with half of the
world are based on their dependence gas is unlikely to think about
"something beyond something else". It is all about cash for which
"non-spiritual" pressure is put on partners. Take the recent increase
of price of gas for Armenia.
Is this spirituality that Russia offers to Armenia? Apparently,
Putin has decided to build a new image for his policy aimed at the
revival of the Soviet Empire calling to unite those who are far from
consumerism and who care more about high values. Almost the same are
saying the advocates of revival of the empire. They say that the West
is a place of moral decay, dying economy and individualism. We the
Armenians and Russians turn out to be collective people.
Western excess of individualism and others is not something new to the
world. What is new is the philosophy of "spirituality" that Putin is
proposing to us. How is it different from what it was in the Soviet
times when it was all non-individual and collective, and when the
need for comfort was hypocritically called narrow-mindedness? What
was spirituality? It was romantic trips to collect potatoes during
Putin's youth?
In fact, Russian people can dream too. One can see it from their
fairytales and works by their writers. Unfortunately, however, dreams
remained "something distant". A lot of basic things were not produced
in the huge space of the Soviet Union. The same is happening now when
Putin sells gas and buys everything necessary for comfort from the
West with the money earned from the sale of gas.
As Yuri Shevchuk says: ""When oil runs out, our president..."
Naira Hayrumyan 15:04 17/06/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/society/view/30185
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress