– We are on the verge of World War III, and it is the West that is obsessed with pushing us there. This is no longer a fear or a premonition: it is a fact. Russia is at war with the collective West, writes Alexandr Dugin in a comment posted on the right-wing populist TV website Tsargrad TV.
Dugin is a right-wing nationalist ideologue considered an important source of inspiration for President Vladimir Putin.
The nickname “Putin’s brainHe received because he would have had a strong intellectual influence on Putin. However, many experts believe that the rumors about Dugin’s influence are very exaggerated.
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Dugin is also the father of pro-regime Russian director and political analyst Darja Dugina (29), who was killed by a car bomb i Moskva-forstaden Odintsovo.
The murder shocked Russia, which accused “Ukrainian state terrorists” of being behind the assassination. However, Ukraine denies involvement.
SPEECH IN MEMORY FOR DAUGHTER: Right-wing nationalist ideologist Aleksandr delivers a memorial speech for his daughter Darja Dugina at the memorial ceremony in Moscow. Dugina was killed by a car bomb in August. Photo: Dmitry Serebryakov / AP / NTB
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The daughter, like her father, wholeheartedly supported Russia’s war against Ukraine. She worked as a reporter for the state-controlled Russian TV channels and was a familiar face for most Russians.
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In the commentary – which is the first since his daughter’s death – Dugin acknowledges that Ukraine has recently been successful on the battlefield. Ukrainian forces have it has recaptured a number of areas in the past few weekseven with the help of large arms deliveries from the West.
– The counter-offensive carried out by the Ukrainian armed forces in the Kharkiv region was a severe blow to Russia. Everyone knows that the offensive was organized, prepared and conducted with the equipment of the US and NATO armed forces and that it took place under their leadership, he writes.
ULTRANATIONALIST: Far-right ultra-nationalist Aleksandr Dugin has been regarded by some as the ideological mastermind behind the Russian invasion of Ukraine and as a close adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin, but it is unclear how close their relationship is. Photo: Moscow News Agency / Reuters
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The Russian ideologist also writes that it is impossible to return to the way it was before February 24, the date of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
– It is impossible to return to the conditions prior to February 24, 2022. What happened is irreversible and we cannot make concessions or compromises. The enemy will only accept our complete surrender, slavery, division and occupation, so we have no choice, he writes.
