Is It the Accident of History, That a Strong Leader Is Not Necessary?

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Why is it that russia has this tendency to towards autocracy, towards these very strong leaders? Hee, i think it has boll it was historical explanation, just the way the russian state was built. But then i think they are also a lot of kind of sociological feature on the fact that modernity didn't reach russia the same way it reached western europe.

Freddie Sayers meets Marlene Laruelle.

Aleksandr Dugin, the ultra-nationalist Russian philosopher and erstwhile organiser of the National Bolshevik Party, has been referred to as ‘Putin’s brain’. Professor Marlene Laruelle, the world’s leading expert on Dugin, says his influence is no longer direct. Dugin stated mission is to preserve the "Russian soul" and expand the Eurasian empire in defiance of the West. Today, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and increasingly isolated global position feels like some of these visions have become a dark reality. Freddie Sayers sat down with Laruelle to seek a deeper understanding of the oft-quoted concept of the "Russian soul", what Dugin wants and how Putin might be able to help him get it.

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