At a meeting in Ufa, Dmitry Medvedev expressed the opinion that in matters of national policy, Russia should rely on the experience of the USSR and the USA
On February 11, 2011, in Ufa, Dmitry Medvedev met with ethnographers and representatives of national associations (Bashkirs, Chuvashs, Tatars, Russians Bashkortostan). Speaking about the multinationality of the Russian state and ways to strengthen interethnic and interreligious relations, President referred to the experience of two systems - the USSR and the USA. Among the "merits" of the Soviet era, which "we need to borrow", D.