Over the years President Vladimir Putin has cast himself as a guardian of traditional Russian values and repeatedly said that Western liberal values have become obsolete. As the country's isolation grows and ties unravel with the United States and European Union authorities and Kremlin-friendly artistic figures are doubling efforts to purify Russian culture of Western influence. "I'd like to go back to the original definition of the word 'patriot' so it's not a derogatory term any more" actor Sergei Bezrukov says. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES