World Fellow Max Trudolyubov is back in the pages of The New York Times with an opinion piece on a culture clash he sees exacerbated by political strategy in his home country.
Max writes of a targeted, Putin-led Kremlin offensive against any encroachment of Western values:
“The real reason the Kremlin is suspicious of Western values lies in the truth that tolerance of individual difference comes hand in hand with greater freedom of expression and government accountability. This is why Putin is waging an all-out cultural offensive, sponsoring legislation that punishes “gay propaganda,” investing in patriotic movies, micro-managing TV networks.”
http://worldfellows.yale.edu/russian-offensive
