Russian Nationalism: From Soviet Tool to Pillar of Putinism

This consolidated national-imperial autocracy, with deep Soviet roots and a carefully woven Slavic-Orthodox veneer, shapes both domestic legitimacy and international ambition in a world increasingly wary of its intentions

El presidente de Rusia ha hecho desfilar por la plaza Roja más de un centenar de sus más avanzados carros de combate potentes piezas de artillería autopropulsada - PHOTO/Kremlin — The Russian president has paraded more than a hundred of his most advanced tanks and powerful self-propelled artillery pieces on Red Square - PHOTO/Kremlin

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Updated: 19/06/25

Gustavo de Arístegui, diplomat, ambassador and member of parliament for the Popular Party, wrote on 31 May 2025 on his Substack blog about the use of Russian nationalism in Soviet society from the arrival of Stalin to the current policies of Vladimir Putin, which are closer to national autocracy than to democracy.

You can read the full essay at this link

Vladimir Putin conmemora hoy, 9 de mayo, el 80 aniversario de la derrota de la Alemania nacionalsocialista y, ante 29 líderes políticos del mundo, muestra el poderío militar de Rusia, muy pocas horas después de la llamada a la paz del nuevo Papa - PHOTO/Kremlin — Vladimir Putin commemorates today, 9 May, the 80th anniversary of the defeat of National Socialist Germany and, in front of 29 world political leaders, shows Russia's military might, just hours after the new Pope's call for peace - PHOTO/Kremlin

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