“You probably noticed - they are trying to pinch me there about what I said about liberalism. I have nothing against liberalism, but we have our own traditions, centuries-old cultural forms of interaction, ”Putin said.
The President noted that these traditions need to be developed.
“And why shouldn't we cherish this and why shouldn't we develop and support this? There is no reason, ”the Russian leader said.
In June, Putin, in an interview with the American edition of the Financial Times, said that, in his opinion, the "so-called" liberal idea had become obsolete.
The presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov later explained that the ideas of liberalism are close to the president, but he is against their forced imposition.