Is There a Real Core of Russian Nationalism?

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I still haven't got the sense of what is specifically russian, about the russian soul that alexander dugan talks about so much. But i think domestianism aspect is an important one that you wouldn't have necessarily in catholicism or lik if we think like latin american catholicism, uncle t what? What does that mean? This idea that russia has a voice, has something to say to the rest of the wall, and can be leading part of the wall. And that's a very ancient notion that you had in the byzantine legacy of russia,. If you read dostoevsky, there was also this idea that r

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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