Tweet link: https://twitter.com/rusembnz/status/1660797527451656192 Archive of speech link from tweet: https://archive.ph/r9bwc >To reiterate, they continue to operate on the premise that Russia’s cultural and ethnic diversity is a weak spot. However, life – you and I are well aware of this, dear friends and colleagues – and the challenges we have run into have proven that, on the contrary, it is Russia’s strength, a special kind of all-conquering strength. >>Our state was built around values of multiethnic harmony. This is the bedrock foundation underlying our consolidation, which is only getting stronger in the face of external aggressions and threats. Our adversaries, that I mentioned earlier, people with neo-colonial mindsets – halfwits, in fact – are unable to realise that **diversity makes us stronger**. They are counting on an outcome which they are trying hard to achieve, but in vain. I said earlier that people who are guided by neo-colonial ideas are halfwits, and they would come in second in a contest of halfwits. Why second? Because they are halfwits. (Laughter.) They fail to understand that faced with external aggression and external pressure, **our multiethnic nation** is only getting stronger. >>>The State National Policy Strategy should, of course, be adjusted in connection with the incorporation of the new regions into Russia. The Kherson and Zaporozye regions and the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics are as multiethnic as other regions. In addition to Russians and Ukrainians, some Belarusians, Greeks, Tatars, Armenians, and Jews, to name a few, also live there. They have felt the consequences of **aggressive nationalism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism** and the hostile policy pursued by the regime that seized power in Kiev following an armed coup in 2014. Of course, there were elections there later. We know and have heard all this, but the state coup was the initial source of power in Kiev. We do not and will not forget about this, either.