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Modern Russia maintains its stability due to the tolerance, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on October 18 at the Valdai Discussion Club, RIA Novosti reports.
The Russian leader recalled that the country long developed as a multinational state. Then it acquired a multi-religious status.
Russia has existed for a thousand years as it was originally based on tolerance to all nations and all confessions. "This is the basis of Russia's entity", Vladimir Putin said.
He also noted that today the residents of the country need to strengthen their national identity. Our culture and our history make us to be who we are now.
Russia unites more than 160 nations and the country values this.
According to Russkiy Mir, the Valdai Club takes place in Sochi with a slogan Russia: Agenda for the 21th Century. The participants discuss the country's development prospects in the political, social and economic spheres. It also covers the problems of social and cultural development.
Politicians, representatives of public organizations, experts in international relations from Russia and from abroad, military experts and political scientists gathere in Sochi.
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