The head of the international Department of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev convinced that the current situation in relations between Russia And the West is a continuation of the cold war.

" It has not ended in the 1990s for the simple reason that the party in this war, and considered himself the winner. How this situation is irreversible? I think there is a chance that the situation will turn in the other direction. And optimism inspires me the errors array, which allow our opponents, "said the Senator, speaking on the first day of the weekend in the "Right to know" on TVC channel.

"I have hope that sooner or later the civil society in these countries will start to rise in the literal or figurative sense against this one "correct" policy. And if That happens, we will have the chance to come to a consensus with the West, " He says.

Kosachev said that currently there is a war for the minds of the people. With the proliferation of communication technologies has become much easier to enter in the brains of people, to shape them And then gain access to resources." This is important, everything else is secondary, even economic war. We know, unfortunately, not at once, " said the politician.

He referred to the data of the former Minister of education of Ukraine Dmytro Tabachnyk, who told me that when the Soviet Union collapsed, Ukraine had little money in the history books." And then in 1991-1992 in every Ukrainian school were brought to the U.S. sets the history books, which were written in the 70-80-ies. And it turned out that a whole generation of schoolchildren in the 90s studied in textbooks, where it was said that Ukraine from the Soviet Union - This unfortunate misunderstanding, " said Kosachev.

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