Is Russia a Western country? Is his culture a western culture?

Russians originated in the plains of Eastern Europe. Because of their late cultural development, they were regarded as backward and barbaric nations by Western Europeans in history. Since the demise of the Byzantine Empire, the Orthodox Church center moved eastward to Russia. After Ivan the Terrier called the Tsar, it finally became an empire across Eurasia through the efforts of monarchs such as Peter the Great and Catherine II. Its national emblem is a double-headed eagle, with one head staring at the west and the other staring at the east, which shows its original intention of founding the country.

from the standpoint of orientals, Russia is naturally a western country, and its culture is western culture.

In the subconscious of western Europeans, Russia is a relatively backward Eastern Orthodox culture, but it is also the root of Christian culture, so it is emotionally closer than Asians.

Russians themselves consider themselves western culture.

objectively speaking, the origin of Russian culture is still ancient Greek and Roman culture, so it can be regarded as western culture, but it is different from western Europe in combination with some characteristics of its own national culture. Just kidding, when one day the oriental culture rises again, and the degree of civilization exceeds that of the west, maybe the Russians will identify themselves with the oriental culture more, hehe.