I think the idea is about the “Russian World”. Putin and his elite used it almost always when trying to explain what they wanted to do. They always built their propaganda around “supreme russians” and other nations that “have no rights to exist”.
It’d be more appropriate to call Russia a fascist state if we take Umberto Eco’s criteria. Here’s an article dealing with Eco’s definition of fascism. I referred to Nazi dictatorship because of the article cited.
In your view, what distinguishes a Nazi dictatorship from a regular one?
I think the idea is about the “Russian World”. Putin and his elite used it almost always when trying to explain what they wanted to do. They always built their propaganda around “supreme russians” and other nations that “have no rights to exist”.
It’d be more appropriate to call Russia a fascist state if we take Umberto Eco’s criteria. Here’s an article dealing with Eco’s definition of fascism. I referred to Nazi dictatorship because of the article cited.