In the public mind Russia present "post-imperial syndrome", dangerous both for the Russians and for "neighbors" Russia.

This opinion was "Internet" stated a Russian political scientist, historian and adviser to the former president of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev Viktor Mironenko.

"Post-imperial syndrome is present in the public consciousness in Russia, he is very strong, and with it the need to do something about it, because it hurts the most by the Russians and Russia itself. But they suffer from it and the neighbors "- he said,.

"I think that in the public consciousness of Russians through the promotion, which is pretty much works in recent years, and you know in what direction, there is some sense of its special role, a special calling and so on," - said the historian.

According to Mironenko, the presence of this "syndrome" among Russians due to the fact that "the standard of living in Russia during the Soviet period was lower than in many other republics, and this compensation has always been a member of a community, which is always placed on the first place".

Based on this, he believes it is explainable by the fact that today the Russians are proud of the victory in the Great Patriotic War. "There were those who were in the camps, and there were those who guarded them, there were those who dared to say something, and there were those who wrote them. But this victory, inherited a monstrous price, all these people united, "- admitted historian.

How confident Mironenko, get rid of this "post-imperial syndrome" may be "only one way - by providing a greater degree of freedom and tolerance education and a sense of equality with others".

"By the way, this problem is not only an internal. I would like to ask questions to political leaders around the world: whether the international law exists? And if it exists, it is the same for everyone and it is in football, there is a different league? This is a very serious matter, "- he said.

As he wrote "The Observer", formerly a Russian politician, president of the All-Russian public movement "Union of Right Forces" Leonid Gozman commented on the rating of "pride" of Russians.