Dec 24- Andrey Pertsev: ‘Hawkish times need hawkish people’

As published in Meduza on December 21, 2022

Andrey Pertsev, ‘Hawkish times need hawkish people’- Meduza

Translated by: Anna Razumnaya

How the death of Daria Dugina helped her father, Alexander Dugin, rise from ultraconservative fringe philosopher to key Kremlin ideologue.

Ultra-conservative thinkers often visit the Kremlin for private meetings with key officials. Over the past few months, this has been the impression among the Kremlin insiders. Two of them, among other sources, have spoken with Meduza’s special correspondent Andrey Pertsev about what these visitors have to contribute to Russia’s emerging new ideology, and how they rose to their current influence in the administration. Here’s what we know about the philosopher Alexander Dugin, the writer Alexander Prokhanov, and the historian Vardan Bagdasaryan — and the ideas they spread.