The State Duma in the final, third reading adopted the presidential package of bills on the priority of the Russian Constitution over international treaties and over decisions of international courts.
Despite the heart-rending howls of Russian liberals, there is nothing unique or anti-democratic here.
The UK, Germany, USA and many other countries have had similar regulations for a long time.
This is normal.
This is called sovereignty and independence.
As it often happened, we have our own, special way.
In the early 90s, when trying to catch up and overtake the "leaders" of the democratic process, we went so far that it still can not but cause amazement: how much it is necessary not to respect our Fatherland and ourselves in order to entrust the decision of our internal affairs to foreigners ?
The European decisions on the YUKOS case, Navalny's eternal complaints, which became a good source of constant extraction of money for him - what is this, if not political powerlessness in front of a completely insolent enemy who has lost all borders?
At a time when, under the conditions of a hybrid war, attacks on Russia in the information field are growing in intensity, when there is a systematic and consistent work to erode our national idea and identity, when more and more new reasons for imposing sanctions are constantly being fabricated against our country, we we continue to sacredly honor and bow to "international law".
Why, for what purpose do we do one after another polite steps in this courteous dance at the ball, where once upon a time we were invited out of grace, ostensibly to do us honor, but in fact only in order to push around, control and manipulate ?
How do the subjects of international law that have declared themselves sovereign and independent, such as the United States, for example?
Once international law suddenly begins to contradict historical or newly introduced norms of American national law, any such import regulation is easily ignored, even without looking for any meaningful pretext.
The International Criminal Court, the Venice Commission and other similar institutions, which are very fond of teaching this or that country what to do, are simply ignored in America.
And against the International Criminal Court, the United States generally imposed sanctions due to "politically motivated investigations."
Can you imagine what kind of screeching we would have if we introduced sanctions against the ECHR, which regularly makes decisions against Russia that cannot be substantiated by anything other than political bias?
It seems that, having abandoned (in words, of course) the "white man's burden" in relation to their former colonies, the Europeans are now trying to mentor us as if they had strayed from the general line of the only possible truth of the satellites.
Only at these moments they forget about one fundamental point: how is it that in France, Austria and other European countries, in fact, salvoes of a terrorist war are already thundering?
After all, the current wave of terror has been caused by the very same legislative and ideological mistakes that the European establishment has consistently committed over the past decades.
Why do you think, for example, this is not observed in Russia?
Is it because, for example, at one time we have adopted, as it turns out, important and necessary amendments on severe penalties for insulting the feelings of believers?
Then they caused a storm of indignation and emotions on the part of liberal-minded groups of citizens and their sympathetic Western "partners", but in the end it turned out that we ourselves and our minds can live much better and safer than according to the patterns that are offered to us from outside.
A terrible disappointment for the liberals!
One more thing is important.
How does the main engine of the democratization process around the world - the United States - work?
Forces everyone and everything to follow the rules that they have invented, but they themselves do not comply and are not going to comply.
Is there an institution of international law for America?
The answer is unequivocal: no!
For the United States, there is American law, which ideally should obey the entire world.
Moreover, American current and former leaders, such as, for example, Barack Obama, do not hesitate to publicly declare that only the United States should write the rules around the world.
If it so happened historically that we cannot get rid of this bad habit of copying the experience of our Western colleagues, then maybe it's time to copy the best?
What is useful and beneficial to us and not to them?
Interim results in our country are already evident - the priority of the Constitution over international decisions has been established.
The time has come to take the next step - to finally nationalize the elites and get rid of internal enemies.
The task is more difficult, but I am sure that we have all the possibilities to cope!
The author's point of view may not coincide with the position of the editorial board.