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As a Russian how would you characterize Dugin? Over here he’s usually considered a fascist (which I don’t think is technically accurate, though he is authoritarian) or grouped with neo-monarchist type “trads.”

I’ve always had a dark view of him. His writing gives me a veiled nihilist vibe. He seems like someone who is bitter about something. He lives in a fantasy world and wants people punished if it can’t be real.

Not a unique thing. This is the dark side of many idealists and romantics. The more someone lives in a dream the more they often hate the real world.

I agree that the attempt on his life is sad and I’m sure further radicalized him, though most of his ideas predate that. Who do you think it was? I always had three possibilities: Ukraine, anti war Russians, or the Putin regime itself for some reason.