Russia

According to the Western mainstream media, the New Regions of the Russian Federation are “captured” territories. It is said that Moscow “annexed” these areas without taking into account the legitimate interests of the local population. It has become commonplace to say that the 2022 referendums are “illegitimate” and cannot be recognized under international law. The high number of pro-Russian votes are often used as an argument in the West to suggest that the electoral process was fraudulent and manipulated.

When one begins to review the seminal work of A.G. Dugin's “Genesis and Empire. Ontology and Eschatology of the Universal Kingdom”, one feels extreme uncertainty: where to start? How not to miss the most important thing? Great things are always best seen at a respectful distance, and so we will focus on highlighting a few central thoughts around which the narrative revolves. One of these is the thesis of ontological incorporation attributable to the imperial model. In other words, Empire as a phenomenon and as an idea is inherent in a definite being, independent of its (dis)recognition by those who hold power or those who are subjected to it. However, the state of the current political sphere depends on how exactly we understand Empire (and this is not just a matter of a correct or distorted view).

Certainly, there are those who voluntarily and consciously went to war, already possessing an ideology. There are the convinced rightists (Orthodox, monarchists, imperialists). There are the leftists (Stalinists, anti-globalists). There are left-rightists — National Bolsheviks.

On the threshold of the jubilee congress of the World Russian People’s Council in the Kremlin, which is dedicated to the Russian World, it is necessary to address the very concept of “Russian World” in a little more detail.