MOSCOW, February 21. /TASS/. Russia will protect its children against spiritual degradation and decay, President Vladimir Putin said in his State of the Nation Address to the Federal Assembly on Tuesday.

"We have to protect our children. And we will do this, we will protect our children from degradation and degeneration," Putin stressed.

According to the president, millions of people in the West realize that they are being led to a "real spiritual disaster." "The elites, frankly speaking, are going crazy, and it seems that there is no cure in sight. But that's their problem," the Russian leader stressed.

He also drew attention to the Anglican Church's proposal to consider the idea of a "gender-neutral" God. "What is there to say? Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing," he added.