What utter crap. Putin is not an adherent of Dugin, who is a lunatic.
Putin is defending Russia’s interests and that includes not allowing Crimea to be turned into a NATO base. He saw the EU/US fund a truly Nazi movement in Ukraine which violently overthrew a freely-elected government.
Putin is an Orthodox Christian and was friends with Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
This anti-Russian hysteria is stupid and dangerous. They have nukes and we have to live with them. It’s best not to attack a bear in its lair, and that is what we appear to be doing.
Crimea has been Russian (and remains so demographically) since around 1783. The people there do not want to be in the EU/NATO.
We do not need to blow up the whole world so that EU and NATO can have Ukraine.
You too seem to be defending Russian interests.
Since the ‘truly Nazi’ movement has seized power in Ukraine, what evil things have they done so far? Have they even hinted at discriminatory policies for ethnic Russians yet? Any ethnic purges so far? That is what would be expected from Nazis, wouldn’t you think?
Ukraine is not Putin’s lair, as you seem to think. He would like it to be in his lair, and people like you are helping him with that goal.
And the Crimea you claim to be majority Russian since 1783 was overwhelming composed of minority populations until Stalin purged them and moved in Russia a to take their place.
Putin and Solzhenitsyn were pals? When? I mean are you kidding me? Provide an inkling of proof. There are too many years between them and Solzhenitsyn despised Peter the Great. He wanted Russia to stop being imperialistic under the commies and under a post commie government.