Eurasianism is a socio-political movement in Russia that emerged in the early 20th century under the Russian Empire, which states that Russia does not belong in the "European" or "Asian" categories bu
Appropriation of Joseph Stalin and neo-Stalinism are key features in Eurasianism. Neo-Eurasianist ideologue Aleksandr Dugin described Stalin as the "greatest personality in Russian history" who represented "the spirit of Soviet society and the Soviet people".
Putin with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit on 16 September 2022
Putin hosting a meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Moscow on 16 May 2022
Putin with Xi Jinping and Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh in Beijing, China, on 2 September 2025
Aleksandr Gelyevich Dugin is a Russian political philosopher who is the leading theorist of Russian neo-Eurasianism.
Eurasianism
…of Russian neo-imperialism. Modern Eurasianists have coalesced around three prominent ideological currents: the neo-fascist Eurasianist movement of Aleksandr Dugin; the communist Eurasianism of Gennady Zyuganov; and a state-sanctioned Eurasianism that advances Russian geopolitical interests. Eurasianism has been…
Dugin (left) at the International Conference "New Horizon" in May 2018 in Mashhad, Iran