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====2023 State of the Nation speech====

====2023 State of the Nation speech====

On February 21, 2023 Vladimir Putin deliverd his globally televised State of the Nation speech for 2023 highlighting in part the situation in NATO countries:

On February 21, 2023 Vladimir Putin delivered his globally televised State of the Nation speech for 2023 to the Federal Assembly highlighting in part the situation in NATO countries:

{{quotebox-float|"They can’t help but realize that it’s not possible to defeat Russia on the battlefield, and so they are carrying out ever-more aggressive information attacks against us.  The chosen target is, first and foremost, our young people, the younger generations.  And here again they lie constantly, distort historical facts, engage in non-stop attacks on our [[culture]], on the [[Russian Orthodox Church]], and other traditional religious organizations of our country.

{{quotebox-float|"They can’t help but realize that it’s not possible to defeat Russia on the battlefield, and so they are carrying out ever-more aggressive information attacks against us.  The chosen target is, first and foremost, our young people, the younger generations.  And here again they lie constantly, distort historical facts, engage in non-stop attacks on our [[culture]], on the [[Russian Orthodox Church]], and other traditional religious organizations of our country.

Look at what they’re doing to their own peoples: the destruction of the [[family]], of cultural and national identity, perversions and abuses against [[children]], up to [[pedophilia]], are declared to the norm, the norm of their lives, while [[clergy]]men and [[priest]]s are forced to bless [[same-sex marriage]]s.  Millions of people in the West have come to understand that they are being led to a real spiritual catastrophe, with their elites seemingly going mad, and it seems there is no cure.  Moscow cannot allow its young people to fall victim to the kind of spiritual degradation and degeneration that has already befallen many Western countries.

Look at what they’re doing to their own peoples: the destruction of the [[family]], of cultural and national identity, perversions and abuses against [[children]], up to [[pedophilia]], are declared to the norm, the norm of their lives, while [[clergy]]men and [[priest]]s are forced to bless [[same-sex marriage]]s.  Millions of people in the West have come to understand that they are being led to a real spiritual catastrophe, with their elites seemingly going mad, and it seems there is no cure.  Moscow cannot allow its young people to fall victim to the kind of spiritual degradation and degeneration that has already befallen many Western countries.

But I would like to tell them: look, please forgive me, to the [[Holy Scripture]]s – the main texts of all of the world’s religions.  Everything is explained there, including that a family is the union of a [[man]] and a [[woman]].  But even these holy texts are now being questioned.  The [[Anglican Church]], for example, now plans, and for now only plans, to consider the idea of a [[gender-neutral]] God.  What can we say here?  “Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing”.}}

But I would like to tell them: look, please forgive me, to the [[Holy Scripture]]s – the main texts of all of the world’s religions.  Everything is explained there, including that a family is the union of a [[man]] and a [[woman]].  But even these holy texts are now being questioned.  The [[Anglican Church]], for example, now plans, and for now only plans, to consider the idea of a [[gender-neutral]] God.  What can we say here?  “Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing”.<ref>[http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/70565 Presidential Address to Federal Assembly], February 21, 2023.}}

=== Views on abortion ===

=== Views on abortion ===