Yes, human rights are an important social and humanitarian value. Freedom has been a driving force behind mass and individual movements for their social, political and national self-assertion. However, the single-minded speculation on this value to achieve self-seeking goals is inadmissible. Playing this card with geopolitical purposes yields high political and strategic dividends to the USA. But so far no one has noticed that the foundation of this game is rather shaky.

There is a civilization value necessary for the healthy development of societies, which is much more important than human rights. It is morality, both in ordinary day-to-day life, and in politics. Morality is closely connected with moral – the norms of morality, historically developing in the community, fixed in individual and public conscience, and reflected in Scriptures, such as the Ten Commandments in Christianity, in constitution acts and other public documents. Observing the norms of moral entails the ethical conduct, both of individuals, and governments. In general and easy terms, morality may be described as non-detrimental attitude and behavior towards а) oneself, б) fellow creatures, в) community, г) nature.

Morality presupposes observation and respect for the moral norms, such as human dignity, honor, justice, adherence to truth, kindness and humanity, law-abiding, national and religious tolerance. It is incompatible with striving for domination, exploitation and oppression, corruption, criminality, lying to and manipulation of the public, egotism. At the same time, social systems revolving around money, with the ‘dictatorship’ of profit -where human relationships are measured with money and money-grabbing is not bridled by any moral law - may not be the basis for morality. And where there is no morality, there can be no genuine rights and liberties, beneficent for the development of the communities in each country and the world community at large.