'''Aleksandr Gelyevich Dugin''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]:''Алекса́ндр Ге́льевич Ду́гин'') (January 7, 1962 in [[Moscow]]) is a Russian political scientist and philosopher, which is the co-founder of the ultra-left National Bolshevik Front and Party, he writed multiple books about his strategy and he has close ties as an informal advisor to president [[Vladimir Putin]] and military institutions.
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'''Aleksandr Gelyevich Dugin''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]:''Алекса́ндр Ге́льевич Ду́гин'') (January 7, 1962 in [[Moscow]]) is a Russian political scientist and philosopher, which is the co-founder of the ultra-left National Bolshevik Front and Party, he wrote multiple books about his strategy and he has close ties as an informal advisor to president [[Vladimir Putin]] and military institutions. However he also made very critical remarks on Putin:<ref>http://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/russian-conservative-view-putin-interview-alexander-dugin</ref>
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{{Cquote|If we consider the situation in Russia more closely, we will discover that almost all that is said in the West about Putin is wrong. It is a complete caricature. The most important criticism of Putin inside Russia is not from the liberals. Liberals represent the smallest part of the critics. They are absolutely marginal… So the West is absolutely wrong in thinking that there is this big liberal opposition to Putin that is artificially kept down. The real opposition to Putin is growing completely on the other side of Russian society. It is growing discontent with "lunar" Putin, against the Putin who is surrounded by liberals. All the government is completely not only corrupt, it consists of pro-Western liberals. Nothing has changed after the last election.}}