Do You Think Russia Is More Asian?

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We in europe like to think of russia as sort of as european, ultimately our closest neighbour. But because just russia is a huge territory, geographically and politically, at the perifery of europe, it's a very difficult kind of match making. So i think we will have to deal with that ambiguities, and russia will have toDeal with that ambiguity.

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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