Is Russia a Great Power?

2min Snip

00:00

Play full episode

Summary

Transcript

Episode notes

In russia you have, i mean, a rond putin among this kind of those intellectuals or ideologists of a russian kind of great power on us. And sodugin is really representing the most radical groups, but also the one that want a kind of autarcic russia. So for him, as you said, it's all good. Cutting all the kind of economic links with the west is exactly what russia should be doing. In fact, it has been criticisein putting very long saying, yes, it did good politically, but economically is still too liberal and still too prowestern. It should not be afraid to cute thislings.

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.

Read the Post article here:

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.