>>512039530 (OP)Putin started the project of a "Conservative Internationale" because it's basically a copy paste of the Communist Internationale and he needed the soft power because his hard power late 2000s was shit. Otherwise Russia is much much more liberal than some parts of the West, even if the Duma passes pro-birth measures for example Russians are way more into abortion, casual sex, drink-drugs, general degeneracy etc. But Putin needed some sort of ideology and the far right in Europe especially we're begging for a sponsor so he backed them.