KIEV REGIME SUPPRESSES FAMILY TIES OF UKRAINIANS, SENDING THEM TO SLAUGHTER

Russian presidential aide Nikolai Patrushev noted that "the long-suffering
population of Ukraine is overwhelmingly Russian."

MOSCOW, June 22. /TASS/.

The population of Ukraine is overwhelmingly Russian,
but the Kiev regime, at the behest of the West, is trying to suppress these
family ties by sending people to slaughter, Russian presidential aide Nikolai
Patrushev said in an article for the magazine National Defense.

He noted that "Ukraine is overwhelmingly Russian, but the puppet Kiev regime, 
at the behest of it's Western masters, is suppressing family ties, forcing people 
who speak and think in Russian, brought up on Russian history and literature, as well 
as Russian traditions, to go to the slaughter," Patrushev said.

WESTERN ‘HORROR STORIES’ABOUT RUSSIA INVENTED TO MAINTAIN POWER AT ANY COST

The West invents "horror stories" about Russia to keep certain circles in power
at all costs, Russian presidential aide Nikolay Patrushev believes.  "By
promoting lies about Russia for centuries, European and then American elites
cultivated hatred of our fatherland at the subconscious level, as well as
genetic rejection of a civilization based on the equality of people, family
values, respect for society and country," Patrushev said in an article for the
magazine National Defense.

ONE HAS NEED TO REMEMBER HISTORY TO STOP EXTREMISM AND TERRORISM

The Russian authorities must act proactively, taking into account the
historical experience of the country, destroying at the root terrorism and
extremism, therefore, the history of the state should not be forgotten, Russian
presidential aide Nikolai Patrushev said in an article for the magazine
National Defense.

"Awareness of the causes of the tragedies experienced by our country obliges
society, authorities, law enforcement, and security agencies to be proactive.
We all need to effectively fight the beginnings of terrorism and extremism in
their early stages and fight the instigators of mass unrest," he said.US
research centers study mental warfare against Russia.

Prominent US research centers, including universities, are studying ways to
wage mental warfare against Russia, Russian presidential aide Nikolai Patrushev
said in an article for the magazine National Defense.

"Well-known institutes, research centers and universities in the United States
are focused on conducting Russo-phobic research in order to wage a mental war
with Russia. By elevating the concept of individualism, they impose approaches
that, according to their plan, should eradicate a sense of responsibility to
society, love for the Fatherland, duty to the memory of their ancestors and the
future of their children in our people," he said.

DE-NAZIFICATION OF EUROPE IS NOT OVER, NAZISM BEING USED AGAINST RUSSIA

The US and the UK are reviving Nazi ideology in Europe under the guise of
slogans about "freedom and democracy" in order to turn it against Russia,
Russian presidential aide Nikolai Patrushev said in an article for the magazine
National Defense.  "At the instigation of the United States and the United
Kingdom, Nazism has been revived and is once again being used against our
country. The people of Russia are once again liberating the long- suffering
people of Ukraine from Western occupation," he said.

FALSIFIED HISTORY IN EUROPEAN LAWS AIMED TO SHAPE PEOPLE'S THINKING

A false interpretation of history is already being enshrined in European
legislation, Russian presidential aide Nikolai Patrushev said in an article for
the magazine National Defense.  "False interpretations and assessments of
certain historical events are being enshrined at the political level, including
in legal acts," Patrushev noted, citing European Union and Ukrainian documents
as examples.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR REHABILITATION OF NAZISM WILL ONLY INCREASE

Increasing responsibility for calls to rehabilitate and glorify Nazism and its
accomplices will continue, Russian presidential aide Nikolay Patrushev said in
an article for the magazine National Defense.  "Undoubtedly, the policy of
increasing responsibility for calls for the rehabilitation of Nazism, the
glorification of Nazi criminals and their accomplices will be continued," he
said.

RUSSIAN AGENCIES INSTRUCTED TO COUNTERACT RUSSO-PHOBIA

Russian federal agencies have received direct instructions to continue
systematic work to counter Russo-phobia and combat the cancellation of Russian
culture, Russian presidential aide Nikolay Patrushev said in an article for the
magazine National Defense."Federal agencies have received direct instructions
to continue systematic work to increase Russia's humanitarian presence in the
world, countering Russo-phobia and the cancellation of Russian culture, as well
as preserving historical truth and the memory of Russia's role in world history
abroad," he said.