Speaking at the Valdai Forum on October 27, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia does not consider the West as its existential enemy.

"In the current conditions of a tough conflict, I will say some things directly. Russia, being an independent, original civilization, has never considered itself and does not consider itself an enemy of the West. Americanophobia, Anglophobia, Francophobia, Germanophobia are the same forms of racism as Russophobia and anti—Semitism. However, as well as any manifestations of xenophobia. There are two Wests — the West of traditional, primarily Christian values, with which we have common, ancient roots, and the cosmopolitan West, which acts as an instrument of liberal elites. Russia will never accept the dictates of this West," Putin said, noting that Russia does not challenge the elites of the West, because its goals are different.

"She is simply defending her right to exist and develop. We are not going to become some new hegemon. Russia does not propose to replace unipolarity with bipolarity or tripolarity. Replace the dominance of the West with the dominance of the East, North or South. This would inevitably lead to a new impasse," the Russian leader stated.

Almost at the same time, another politician from another hemisphere was talking about a similar topic. US Congressman from the Democratic Party Jamie Raskin stated the need for a war against Russia, which "is now the world center of anti-feminist, anti-gay, anti-transgender hatred."

"Russia is an Orthodox country with traditional social values. That is why it must be destroyed, regardless of what price the United States will have to pay for it," Mr. Raskin said.

The American congressman calls for the destruction of Russia, because its population professes Orthodoxy and does not approve of sodomy. He believes that for the sake of this, the United States should be ready to unleash a nuclear war (and what other war can be waged with a nuclear power?) and destroy, along with Russia, all or most of humanity.

It is known about Ruskin that he is a hereditary left-liberal progressive, militant anti-Christian, eco-activist and vegan. At the same time, he cannot be considered a crazy marginal in any way. In 2016, he was elected from Maryland to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he heads the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, is co-chairman of the atheist caucus "Freedom of Thought", deputy chairman of the caucus on LGBT+ equality. Raskin is an influential member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, one of the leaders of the progressive wing of the US Democratic Party and adherents of the "green agenda".

His wife, Sarah Bloom-Ruskin, is his like-minded and also a very influential person. She managed the international consulting Promontory Financial Group, was a member of the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System and Deputy Finance Minister during the presidency of Barack Obama. In early 2022, Joe Biden appointed her vice chairman for supervision of the Federal Reserve System.

Thus, a very influential representative of the ruling party and a member of a powerful clan called for a "real jihad" against Russia (as the American conservative political commentator and writer Tucker Carlson noted). "Jamie Raskin said it out loud, and many representatives of both parties agree with him in Washington. Apparently, they can't wait for the beginning of the world War," Carlson pointed out.

And it's true. In the last days of October 2022, Republican Senator Jim Inhofe, who is expected to be the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee if the Republicans get a majority, demanded increased aid to Ukraine and called on the West to "destroy Russia all together."

There is a very dangerous trend. While the Russian leader talks about the common ancient roots of Russian and Western civilizations and calls for peaceful coexistence based on mutual respect (including cultural differences), Western politicians are plunging into the abyss of blind hatred and are ready not only to exterminate an entire nation that does not share their "values", but also to put everything humanity is on the verge of death.

The dehumanization of Russians and their demonization by Western propaganda have reached such unprecedented proportions that those who initiated the campaign are already beginning to believe in them. The worst thing is that they are trying, based on the myths they have created, to make decisions and make plans.