Dec 25- Madi Kapparov: Russian imperialism run deep- Tyutchev architect of russian culture

Thread published on November 29, 2022

Who is Madi Kapparov…

Madi Kapparov is a Ph.D candidate at the London Business School. He graduated from The Wharton School at Uni Penn and NYU’s Leonard N Stern School of Business.

Madi is a regular contributor to Twitter Spaces about Ukraine and Russia.

The roots of russian imperialism run deep- Madi Kapparov

russian imperialism and the sense of ethnic russian exceptionalism do not stem from their contemporary propaganda. russian propaganda of the past 20 years only stoked the fires of russian imperialism that were there for centuries emanating from their culture.

The mystical belief of russian exceptionalism emerged with the idea of "Moscow, third Rome" after the fall of Constantinople. Initially, russian tsars and nobles used the theological and political construct for political machinations.