Russian conservatism in the version of Dmitry Volodikhin

On June 2, 2006, Dmitry Volodikhin entered into a debate about democracy and liberalism on the website of the Political News Agency.

The degree of discredit of liberalism at the present time is such that no good undertaking can now be brought closer to this concept, the author of the article believes.

"In Russian socio-political everyday life, the words "capitalism", "liberalism", "socialism", "globalism", etc. mean somewhat different phenomena than the Euro-American everyday life implies" , since these concepts "are not only bad for neighbors , ... but also based on the experience of such public institutions that the Euro-Americans themselves have worked for too short a time to draw any serious conclusions about their practical suitability" .

"The so-called democracy in today's Russia is a" purely entourage element of the political system " , - D. Volodikhin believes, but in reality there is a kind of quasi-monarchy in the country, which is controlled (playing the role of the aristocracy) " "shareholders" of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation " . This rather good than bad, because "modern democratic electoral parliamentarism is one of the worst systems of government ever invented by mankind. If he had worked to the fullest in Russia, we would still be sitting in a swamp of him. Boris Nikolaevich "

The current political system introduces the “administrative resource” as the main factor in the operation of the entire system, and therefore “the position of the central government is not particularly strong. close associates may be faced with the need for mass support ... And, therefore, it will be necessary to really satisfy the aspirations of very wide sectors of the population ... In other words, to adopt a political course capable of creating a circle of "defense forces" at the foot of the throne .

And then D. Volodikhin explains at length what the doctrine of Russian conservatism should be in modern conditions and what conservatives must do to come to power and in power.

Russian conservatism means "removing globalism from the agenda" , building an "Empire", strengthening the position of the state in the economy and significantly strengthening the role of the Church ( "Only Orthodoxy can be the spiritual basis for Russian conservatism" ).

Russia's external task is "geocultural expansion (Orthodox missionary work, first of all) and protection of the interests of our diaspora abroad . "

"The form of organization of power should be as personalistic as possible - an autocratic monarchy, somewhat softened by a number of representative institutions ," the author believes.

The principle of parliamentary democracy must be abolished. "Actually, federalism is coming to an end. It is giving way to unitarism . "

"The author of these lines is aware that his proposals run counter to the entire political philosophy of the Euro-American world since the Enlightenment. So be it ," concludes D. Volodikhin.

Sources

• Volodikhin D. About the Russian state // Political News Agency. 2006. June 2.