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chauvinism
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Five disturbing Russian developments in danger of being overshadowed by 1917 anniversary
All governments schedule their announcements to achieve maximum benefit for themselves, trumpeting things they are proud of at…
Putin has transformed Russia into a gigantic ‘Island of Dr. Moreau,’ Nemets says
In his 1896 novel, The Island of Doctor Moreau, H.G. Wells describes how a doctor on a small…
Putin’s actions in Avdiivka show he killed his beloved idea of ‘a triune people’ of Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians, Ikhlov says
Like many Russian nationalists, Vladimir Putin has long insisted that Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians are not separate nations…
Russian ‘Maxim’ identifies 16 varieties of Russian patriots
Even though the Russian Constitution prohibits a state ideology, Vladimir Putin has made the promotion of patriotism as…
Moscow’s anti-Ukrainian hysteria threatens to get out of control
Many are taking comfort in the notion that just as Russians appear to have reduced their hatred of…
Crimea: the Russian chauvinists’ inferiority complex
Vladimir Putin has been mentioning Crimea frequently in the recent days. He either gives history lessons, saying some…