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is perceived by us as prophetic and could be fully applied to many other figures in the history of
Russia, both the count's contemporaries and those who lived later.
In his diplomatic activities, Count Ignatiev demonstrated conceptual approaches to all foreign
policy issues; he invariably proceeded from Russia's national interests, put them into the regional
context and correlated with the interests of the Great Powers.
Europe is a hostage to Washington's geopolitical recklessness in the Middle East and North
Africa.
Little has changed since the times of Count Ignatiev in the solidarity Western Europe demon-
strates when talking to Russia. In the wake of WWII, old Europe's vassal obedience has been
constantly denting its own interests. In its efforts to impose its will, the United States moves
against the objective course of integration processes.
Today, the cause to which Count Ignatiev and other Russian diplomats dedicated their lives, viz.
Russia's greatness in the world, might look outdated. This is a superficial approach that ignores
the huge inertia of social processes. It has become abundantly clear that the unifying pressure
of globalization destroys valuable and unique features of national cultures created by geniuses
of many generations of our people. They should not be mothballed and frozen; they should be
developed on the basis of the spiritual potential typical of the Russian people through active
cooperation with kindred and other cultures. This is the task formulated by the time we live in
for those who are not indifferent to the fates of the future generations of their generations.
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