RUSSIA’S invasion of Ukraine may have been inspired by the writings of a deranged Neo-Nazi mystic known as “Putin’s Rasputin” or “Putin’s Brain”. Sporting a massive bedraggled beard like his namesake, Russian thinker Aleksandr Dugin long called for an invasion of Ukraine and chillingly believes that Moscow has the right to rule over all of Europe and Asia. Dubbed a philosopher, a mystic, a political analyst and a fascist, Dugin is thought by some to hold a key influence on Putin’s Russia and his views are believed to have – at least in part – been a key influence in the thinking for the invasion. His writings – which have been required reading for Russian soldiers – proclaim a paranoid worldview that calls for Ukraine to be absorbed into Russia. And he demands Moscow control everything “from Vladivostok to Dublin”. (…) He is most famous for his 1997 book Foundations of Geopolitics, which sets out his ultranationalist and neo-fascist ideology of Neo-Eurasianism. This belief states that the world is made up of “land powers” and “sea powers”, and that as the great land nation, Russia should exert its influence over all of Europe and Asia. And his mysticism comes from his beliefs in divine right and his touting of ancient legends about the sunken city of Atlantis and the mythical civilisation Hyperborea. He believes Russia is the modern-day reincarnation of the ancient “Hyperboreans” – who need to stand at odds with the modern-day “Atlanteans”, the United States. His influence on Russian politics, as well as his huge beard and piercing eyes, have also seen him compared to Rasputin, the notorious advisor to the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, and alleged lover to his wife. Speaking to The Sun Online, Marlene Laruelle, Director of the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at George Washington University, explained the current war in Ukraine presents the 60-year-old with new possibilities to get close again to the seat of power. “The war could give him a new field for influence,” she said.
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