The fact that Vladimir Putin and Aleksandr Dugin's views sometimes overlap does not necessarily suggest the Russian president is influenced by Dugin and might simply mean both see Russia as an empire and the world as a battlefield of its imperial aspirations, Aimar Ventsel writes.
One does not have to be an FSB agent to complain about credit cards not working or Russian singers being unable to perform in Europe. Millions of Russians hit by these sanctions feel they are unfair. And so, they try to play the "good Russians," Aimar Ventsel writes.
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